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   re·mis·sion

   /rəˈmiSH(ə)n/

   noun

   • 1. the cancellation of a debt, charge, or penalty: "the plan allows for the partial remission of tuition fees" Similar cancellationsetting asidesuspensionrevocationrepealrescindingabrogation
   • ▪ a diminution of the seriousness or intensity of disease or pain; a temporary recovery: "ten out of twenty patients remained in remission" Similar respiteabeyancediminution of intensitydiminution of severityperiod of temporary recovery
   • ▪ forgiveness of sins. Similar forgivenesspardoningabsolutionexonerationexculpationhistorical:indulgence
   • ▪ the reduction of a prison sentence, especially as a reward for good behavior. Similar reduction in sentencereduced sentenceallowancededuction

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin remissio(n-), from remittere ‘send back, restore’ (see remit).

   Derivatives

   • 1. remissive adjective

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