remission

noun

1. an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)

- his cancer is in remission

Similar word(s): remittal, subsidence

Definition categories: event, abatement, hiatus, reprieve, respite, suspension

2. a payment of money sent to a person in another place

Similar word(s): remitment, remittal, remittance

Definition categories: possession, payment

3. (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)

Similar word(s): remit, remitment

Definition categories: act, referral

4. the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance

Similar word(s): absolution, remittal

Definition categories: act, redemption, salvation