REMISSION
Scrabble letter values: R1E1M3I1S1S1I1O1N1 = 11
Definition
- noun an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease). — synonyms: remittal, subsidence
- noun a payment of money sent to a person in another place. — synonyms: remittance, remittal, remitment
- noun (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court). — synonyms: remitment, remit
- noun the act of absolving or remitting. — synonyms: absolution, remittal, remission_of_sin
Examples
- “his cancer is in remission”
- “formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance”