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remission
noun re·mis·sion \ri-ˈmi-shən\
: a period of time during a serious illness when the patient's health improves
: the act of reducing or canceling the amount of money that you owe
: the reduction of a prison sentence
Full Definition of REMISSION
1
: the act or process of remitting
2
: a state or period during which something is remitted
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First Known Use of REMISSION
13th century
Related to REMISSION
- Synonyms
- absolution, amnesty, forgiveness, pardon, remittal
- Antonyms
- penalty, punishment, retribution
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Rhymes with REMISSION
addition, admission, ambition, attrition, audition, beautician, clinician, cognition, coition, commission, condition, contrition, demission, dentition, dismission, Domitian, edition, emission, ethician, fruition, ignition, Kittitian, lenition, logician, magician, Mauritian, monition, mortician, munition, musician, nutrition, omission, optician, partition, patrician, perdition, permission, petition, Phoenician, physician, Politian, position, punition, rendition, sedition, submission, suspicion, tactician, technician, tradition, transition, transmission, tuition, volition
REMISSION Defined for Kids
remission
noun re·mis·sion \ri-ˈmi-shən\
Definition of REMISSION for Kids
: a period of time during a serious illness when there are few or no symptoms
Medical Dictionary
remission
noun re·mis·sion \ri-ˈmish-ən\
Medical Definition of REMISSION
: a state or period during which the symptoms of a disease are abated <cancer in remission after treatment>—compare arrest, cure 1, intermission
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