Remission - Definition

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