remission

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Synonyms: emission, demission, recission, reemission, mission, recession, admission, omission, permission, recussion, revision

Antonyms: emission, demission, recission, reemission, mission, recession, admission, omission, permission, recussion, revision

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Noun

1. A pardon of a sin; the forgiveness of an offence, or relinquishment of a (legal) claim or a debt.
2. A lessening of amount due, as in either money or work, or intensity of a thing. 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.
   • Her cancer was in remission.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. An act of remitting, returning, or sending back. A referral of a case back to another (especially a lower or inferior) court of law; a remand, a remittal.
6. A referral of a case back to another (especially a lower or inferior) court of law; a remand, a remittal.
7. (spectroscopy) Reflection or back-scattering of light by a material; (to send back)

Verb

1. To change the mission of; to provide with a new mission.

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