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remission
[ ri-mish-uhn ]
noun
- the act of remitting.
- pardon; forgiveness, as of sins or offenses.
Synonyms: absolution
- abatement or diminution, as of diligence, labor, intensity, etc.
Synonyms: relaxation
Antonyms: intensification
- the relinquishment of a payment, obligation, etc.
Synonyms: release
- Medicine/Medical.
- a temporary or permanent decrease or subsidence of manifestations of a disease.
- a period during which such a decrease or subsidence occurs:
The patient's leukemia was in remission.
remission
/ rɪˈmɪʃən; rɪˈmɪtəl /
noun
- the act of remitting or state of being remitted
- a reduction of the term of a sentence of imprisonment, as for good conduct
he got three years' remission
- forgiveness for sin
- discharge or release from penalty, obligation, etc
- lessening of intensity; abatement, as in the severity of symptoms of a disease
remission
/ rĭ-mĭsh′ən /
- Abatement or subsiding of the symptoms of a disease.
remission
- A period in the course of a disease when symptoms become less severe.
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Derived Forms
- reˈmissively, adverb
- reˈmissive, adjective
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Other Words From
- nonre·mission noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of remission1
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Example Sentences
It went into remission, but it would resurface in 2011; and Scott was able to beat it once again.
But in June 2012, after six years of remission, Brown was diagnosed with cancer again.
A very long remission and stability is considered a substantial success.
I think the research runs in different directions depending on the nature of the remission.
“This drug appears to shut cluster headaches down and puts patients into remission,” says Halpern.
It would probably claim her without remission for the next seven years.
The remission of punishment was in the discretion of the Governor-in-chief: the 30 Geo.
This Chaim is only too ready to undergo, and he applies himself with even more ardor than before to get a remission of his sins.
In 468, the people again withdrew to the Janiculum, demanding the remission of debts, and crying out against usury.
Are you willing now to agree to the remission of the fine in consideration of Grettir's sentence being commuted?
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