n 1: an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the
manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in
remission" [syn: remittal, subsidence]
2: a payment of money sent to a person in another place [syn: remittance, remittal, remitment]
3: the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case
to another court) [syn: remitment, remit]
4: the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as
pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance [syn: absolution, remittal, remission of sin]