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re·mis·sion       (rĭ-mĭsh'ən)  Pronunciation Key  n.   The act of remitting. A condition or period in which something is remitted. Medicine Abatement or subsiding of the symptoms of a disease. The period during which the symptoms of a disease abate or subside. Release, as from a debt, penalty, or obligation. Forgiveness; pardon. A lessening of intensity or degree; abatement. Medicine Abatement or subsiding of the symptoms of a disease. The period during which the symptoms of a disease abate or subside. Release, as from a debt, penalty, or obligation. Forgiveness; pardon. Release, as from a debt, penalty, or obligation. Forgiveness; pardon. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin remissiō, remissiōn-, from remissus, past participle of remittere, to let go; see remit.]

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remission 

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

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remission       (rĭ-mĭsh'ən)  Pronunciation Key  Abatement or subsiding of the symptoms of a disease.

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remission

A period in the course of a disease when symptoms become less severe.

Note: The term remission is often used in speaking of sufferers from leukemia or other cancers whose symptoms lessen or disappear. In such a case, the disease is said to be ®Äúin remission.®Äù The period of remission may last only briefly or may extend over several months or years.

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remission re·mis·sion (rĭ-mĭsh'ən)
n.

1. Abatement or subsiding of the symptoms of a disease.
2. The period during which the symptoms of a disease abate or subside.

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Main Entry: re·mis·sion
Pronunciation: ri-'mi-sh&n
Function: noun
: the act or process of remitting

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Remission

Re*mis"sion\ (r?-m?sh"?n), n. [F. r['e]mission, L. remissio. See Remit.]

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

2. Discharge from that which is due; relinquishment of a claim, right, or obligation; pardon of transgression; release from forfeiture, penalty, debt, etc.

This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. --Matt. xxvi. 28.

That ples, therefore, . . . Will gain thee no remission. --Milton.

3. Diminution of intensity; abatement; relaxation.

4. (Med.) A temporary and incomplete subsidence of the force or violence of a disease or of pain, as destinguished from intermission, in which the disease completely leaves the patient for a time; abatement.

5. The act of sending back. [R.] --Stackhouse.

6. Act of sending in payment, as money; remittance.