Definition for

remission

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noun – The act of remitting.

noun – The act of sending to a distant place, as money; remittance.

noun – 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.

noun – Diminution or cessation of intensity; abatement; relaxation; moderation: as, the remission of extreme rigor; the remission of close study or of labor.

noun – Discharge or relinquishment, as of a debt, claim, or right; a giving up: as, the remission of a tax or duty.

noun – The act of forgiving; forgiveness; pardon; the giving up of the punishment due to a crime.

noun – Synonyms Absolution, etc. See pardon.

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