Sekirov Dictionary

remission

UK /ɹɪˈmɪʃ(ə)n/US /ɹəˈmɪʃ(ə)n/

noun7

  1. A lessening of amount due, as in either money or work, or intensity of a thing.
  2. A reduction or cancellation of the penalty for a criminal offence; in particular, the reduction of a prison sentence as a recognition of the prisoner's good behaviour.
  3. An abatement or lessening of the manifestations of a disease; a period where the symptoms of a disease are absent.
  4. A pardon of a sin; (chiefly historical, also figuratively) the forgiveness of an offence, or relinquishment of a (legal) claim or a debt.
  5. An act of remitting, returning, or sending back.
  6. A referral of a case back to another (especially a lower or inferior) court of law; a remand, a remittal.
  7. Reflection or back-scattering of light by a material; (to send back)

verb1

  1. To change the mission of; to provide with a new mission.
forms

remissioned · remissioning · remissions

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