1. An abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)
   "his cancer is in remission";
   - remittal, subsidence
    
2. The act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
   "The penitent sought remission of sin through confession";
   - absolution, remittal, remission of sin
    
3. (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
   "The remission of the case to a lower court was ordered by the judge";
   - remitment [rare], remit
    
4. A payment of money sent to a person in another place
   "The immigrant sent monthly remissions to his family";
   - remittance, remittal, remitment [rare]

Derived forms: remissions

Type of: abatement, hiatus, payment, redemption, referral, reprieve, respite, salvation, suspension

Part of: penance

Encyclopedia: Remission