Remission

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of remitting.
  • n. A condition or period in which something is remitted.
  • n. A lessening of intensity or degree; abatement.
  • n. Medicine Abatement or subsiding of the symptoms of a disease.
  • n. The period during which the symptoms of a disease abate or subside.
  • n. Release, as from a debt, penalty, or obligation.
  • n. Forgiveness; pardon.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A lessening of amount due, as in either work or money or intensity of a thing.
  • n. A pardon of a sin; the forgiveness of an offense.
  • n. An abatement or lessening of the manifestations of a disease.
  • n. Referring a case back to a lower (inferior) court of law.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up.
  • n. Discharge from that which is due; relinquishment of a claim, right, or obligation; pardon of transgression; release from forfeiture, penalty, debt, etc.
  • n. Diminution of intensity; abatement; relaxation.
  • n. A temporary and incomplete subsidence of the force or violence of a disease or of pain, as destinguished from intermission, in which the disease completely leaves the patient for a time; abatement.
  • n. The act of sending back.
  • n. Act of sending in payment, as money; remittance.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of remitting.
  • n. The act of sending to a distant place, as money; remittance.
  • n. Abatement; a temporary subsidence, as of the force or violence of a disease or of pain, as distinguished from intermission, in which the disease leaves the patient entirely for a time.
  • n. Diminution or cessation of intensity; abatement; relaxation; moderation: as, the remission of extreme rigor; the remission of close study or of labor.
  • n. Discharge or relinquishment, as of a debt, claim, or right; a giving up: as, the remission of a tax or duty.
  • n. The act of forgiving; forgiveness; pardon; the giving up of the punishment due to a crime.
  • n. Synonyms Absolution, etc. See pardon.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a payment of money sent to a person in another place
  • n. (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
  • n. an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)
  • n. the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    payment    referral   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abatement    relaxation    remittance    excuse    forgoing   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Deposition    Inquisition    Prohibition    Titian    abolition   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    remissions    commutation    forgiveness    absolution    amnesty   
     
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