remission

remission
/ri mish"euhn/, n.
1. the act of remitting.
2. pardon; forgiveness, as of sins or offenses.
3. abatement or diminution, as of diligence, labor, intensity, etc.
4. the relinquishment of a payment, obligation, etc.
5. Med.
a. a temporary or permanent decrease or subsidence of manifestations of a disease.
b. a period during which such a decrease or subsidence occurs: The patient's leukemia was in remission.
[1175-1225; ME < OF < L remission- (s. of remissio). See REMISS, -ION]
Syn. 2. absolution. 3. lessening, relaxation. 4. release.
Ant. 2. blame, censure. 3. intensification.

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