Definition of remission Remission

/ɹimɪˈʃʌn/ - [reemishun] - re•mis•sion

We found 15 definitions of remission from 4 different sources.

What does remission mean?

Noun Plural: remissions
remission - (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
		remitment, remit
		referral the act of referring (as forwarding an applicant for employment or referring a matter to an appropriate agency)
		jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
remission - an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission"
		remittal, subsidence
		abatement, hiatus, reprieve, respite, suspension the act of abating; "laws enforcing noise abatement"
remission - the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
		absolution, remittal, remission of sin
		redemption, salvation the act of purchasing back something previously sold
		penance a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution
remission - a payment of money sent to a person in another place
		remittance, remittal, remitment
		payment the act of paying money

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remission (Noun)
A lessening of amount due, as in either work or money or intensity of a thing.
remission (Noun)
A pardon of a sin; the forgiveness of an offense.
remission (Noun)
An abatement or lessening of the manifestations of a disease.
remission (Noun)
Referring a case back to a lower inferior court of law.

remission (n.)
The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up.
remission (n.)
Discharge from that which is due; relinquishment of a claim, right, or obligation; pardon of transgression; release from forfeiture, penalty, debt, etc.
remission (n.)
Diminution of intensity; abatement; relaxation.
remission (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.
remission (n.)
The act of sending back.
remission (n.)
Act of sending in payment, as money; remittance.