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

Derived forms: remittals

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

Part of: penance