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Definition of Remission

1. Noun. An abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease). "His cancer is in remission"

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

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

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

Definition of Remission

1. n. The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up.

Definition of Remission

1. Noun. A lessening of amount due, as in either work or money or intensity of a thing. ¹

2. Noun. A pardon of a sin; the forgiveness of an offense. ¹

3. Noun. (medicine) An abatement or lessening of the manifestations of a disease. ¹

4. Noun. (legal) Referring a case back to a lower (''inferior'') court of law. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Remission

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Remission

1. A complete or partial disappearance of the signs and symptoms of disease in response to treatment. The period during which a disease is under control. A remission, however, is not necessarily a cure. Origin: L. Remissio (14 May 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Remission

remiped remipede remipedes remipeds remis remise remised remises remising remiss

remissful remissibility remissible remissibleness remissibly remission (current term) remission induction remission induction chemotherapy remission of sin remissions

remissive remissly remissness remissnesses remissory remit remitment remitments remits remittable

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