an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); his cancer is in remission

[ Syn: remittal , subsidence ]

a payment of money sent to a person in another place

[ Syn: remittance , remittal , remitment ]

(law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)

[ Syn: remitment , remit ]

the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance

[ Syn: absolution , remittal , remission of sin ]