REMISSION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of absolving or remitting
   • formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
   Synonym(s)
   • absolution (what does absolution mean?)
   • remission of sin (what does remission of sin mean?)
   • remittal (what does remittal mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) remission is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • redemption (what does redemption mean?)
   • salvation (what does salvation mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • indulgence (what does indulgence mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • absolve (what does absolve mean?)
2. Meaning
   • (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
   Synonym(s)
   • remit (what does remit mean?)
   • remitment (what does remitment mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) remission is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • referral (what does referral mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • remit (what does remit mean?)
   • remand (what does remand mean?)
   • send back (what does send back mean?)
   • remit (what does remit mean?)
   • remand (what does remand mean?)
   • send back (what does send back mean?)
   • remit (what does remit mean?)
   • remand (what does remand mean?)
   • send back (what does send back mean?)
3. Meaning
   • an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)
   Synonym(s)
   • remittal (what does remittal mean?)
   • subsidence (what does subsidence mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • his cancer is in remission
   Hypernyms(s) remission is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • suspension (what does suspension mean?)
   • respite (what does respite mean?)
   • reprieve (what does reprieve mean?)
   • hiatus (what does hiatus mean?)
   • abatement (what does abatement mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • resolution (what does resolution mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • subside (what does subside mean?)
   • lessen (what does lessen mean?)
   • remit (what does remit mean?)
   • remit (what does remit mean?)
4. Meaning
   • a payment of money sent to a person in another place
   Synonym(s)
   • remitment (what does remitment mean?)
   • remittal (what does remittal mean?)
   • remittance (what does remittance mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) remission is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • payment (what does payment mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • remit (what does remit mean?)
   • remit (what does remit mean?)
   • remit (what does remit mean?)