remission
A pardon of a sin; the forgiveness of an offence, or relinquishment of a claim or a debtA pardon of a sin; (chiefly historical, also figuratively) the forgiveness of an offence, or relinquishment of a (legal) claim or a debt.
» Tom is in remission.
Meaning
7 senses(countable, uncountable)A pardon of a sin; (chiefly historical, also figuratively) the forgiveness of an offence, or relinquishment of a (legal) claim or a debt.
Erlass, Vergebung
индульгенцияindulʹgencija, отпуще́ниеotpuščénije
(countable, uncountable)A lessening of amount due, as in either money or work, or intensity of a thing.
Nachlaß
реми́ссияremíssija
ремі́сіяremísija
A lessening of amount due, as in either money or work, or intensity of a thing.
(countable, uncountable)A reduction or cancellation of the penalty for a criminal offence; in particular, the reduction of a prison sentence as a recognition of the prisoner's good behaviour.
Nachlaß
(countable, uncountable)An abatement or lessening of the manifestations of a disease; a period where the symptoms of a disease are absent.
Her cancer was in remission.
Nachlassen, Remission, Abklingen
реми́ссияremíssija
ремі́сіяremísija
an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)
(countable, uncountable)An act of remitting, returning, or sending back.
Zurücksendung, Rücksendung
(law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
An act of remitting, returning, or sending back.
(countable, uncountable)A referral of a case back to another (especially a lower or inferior) court of law; a remand, a remittal.
Rückverweisung
(countable, uncountable)Reflection or back-scattering of light by a material; (to send back)
Examples
8 sentencesTom is in remission.
Tom isn't in remission.
I'm still in remission.
Tom miraculously beat the odds and went into complete remission.
Sami's cancer was in remission.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English remissioun (“release from duty; freeing of captives; mercy, pardon, reFrom Middle English remissioun (“release from duty; freeing of captives; mercy, pardon, respite; forgiveness; release from or reduction of penances; reduction in intensity (of a quality, symptom, etc.); transfer of property, quitclaim; legal opinion or submission; reference, cross-reference”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman remission, remissione, remissioun, remissiun and Middle French, Old French remission (“forgiveness of sin; pardoning of an offence; postponement; cessation, suspension; diminishing or weakening of something; reduction of debt; reduction in intensity of a disease or symptom”) (modern French rémission), and their etymon Late Latin remissiō (“forgiveness; pardon of sins”), Latin remissiō (“release; sending back; easing off, relaxing, softening; reduction of debt; reduction in intensity of a disease or symptom”), from remittō (“to remit, send back; to diminish; to relax; to do without, forego”) + -siō. Remittō is derived from re- (prefix meaning ‘back, backwards’) + mittō (“to cause to go; to send; to discharge, emit, let go, release; to throw; to extend, reach out; to announce, tell; to produce, yield; to attend, escort, guide; to dismiss, disregard; to end”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to change, exchange; to change places, go past”) or *(s)meyt- (“to throw”)).
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Forms
plural: remissions| Singular | remission |
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Synonyms
10 synonyms- (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court):remitmentremit
- an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease):remittalsubsidence
- the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance:absolutionremittalremission of sin
- a payment of money sent to a person in another place:remittanceremittalremitment
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
16 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable