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Meaning of REMITTAL

Pronunciation:  ree'mitul

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
  2. [n]  an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission"
  3. [n]  a payment of money sent to a person in another place
 
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 Synonyms: absolution, remission, remission, remission, remission of sin, remitment, remittance, subsidence
 
 See Also: abatement, hiatus, payment, penance, redemption, reprieve, resolution, respite, salvation, suspension

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Re*mit"tal\ (-tal), n.
A remitting; a giving up; surrender; as, the remittal of the
first fruits. --Swift.
 

 

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