Definition of remission

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Remission (n.) The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up..

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Off :: Off (adv.) Denoting a leaving, abandonment, departure, abatement, interruption, or remission; as, the fever goes off; the pain goes off; the game is off; all bets are off..
Rhythm :: Rhythm (n.) A division of lines into short portions by a regular succession of arses and theses, or percussions and remissions of voice on words or syllables..
Pardon :: Pardon (v. t.) The act of pardoning; forgiveness, as of an offender, or of an offense; release from penalty; remission of punishment; absolution..
Irremission :: Irremission (n.) Refusal of pardon.
Intermission :: Intermission (n.) The temporary cessation or subsidence of a fever; the space of time between the paroxysms of a disease. Intermission is an entire cessation, as distinguished from remission, or abatement of fever..
Remitment :: Remitment (n.) The act of remitting, or the state of being remitted; remission..
Recrudescency :: Recrudescency (n.) Increased severity of a disease after temporary remission.
Indulgence :: Indulgence (n.) Remission of the temporal punishment due to sins, after the guilt of sin has been remitted by sincere repentance; absolution from the censures and public penances of the church. It is a payment of the debt of justice to God by the application of the merits of Christ and his saints to the contrite soul through the church. It is therefore believed to diminish or destroy for sins the punishment of purgatory..
Relaxation :: Relaxation (n.) Remission from attention and effort; indulgence in recreation, diversion, or amusement..
Remittent :: Remittent (a.) Remitting; characterized by remission; having remissions.
Acceptilation :: Acceptilation (n.) Gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation without payment; free remission.
Liss :: Liss (n.) Release; remission; ease; relief.
Remission :: Remission (n.) Diminution of intensity; abatement; relaxation.
Remission :: Remission (n.) The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up..
Remission :: Remission (n.) The act of sending back.
Remissory :: Remissory (a.) Serving or tending to remit, or to secure remission; remissive..
Pardon :: Pardon (v. t.) An official warrant of remission of penalty.
Absolve :: Absolve (v. t.) To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it would be sin or guilt to violate; to pronounce free; as, to absolve a subject from his allegiance; to absolve an offender, which amounts to an acquittal and remission of his punishment..
Period :: Period (n.) The time of the exacerbation and remission of a disease, or of the paroxysm and intermission..
Remittitur :: Remittitur (n.) A remission or surrender, -- remittitur damnut being a remission of excess of damages..
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