Remission
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɹɪˈmɪʃən/
- Rhymes: -ɪʃən
Full definition of remission
Noun
remission
(plural remissions)- A lessening of amount due, as in either work or money or intensity of a thing.
- A pardon of a sin; the forgiveness of an offense.
- (medicine) An abatement or lessening of the manifestations of a disease.Her cancer was in remission.
- (legal) Referring a case back to a lower (inferior) court of law.