remission meaning and definition

REMISSION noun

Definition of remission (noun)

1. an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)
   • "his cancer is in remission"
   • synonyms: remittal, subsidence
2. a payment of money sent to a person in another place
   • synonyms: remitment, remittal, remittance
3. (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
   • synonyms: remit, remitment
4. the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
   • synonyms: absolution, remission of sin, remittal