Remission definition

Remission

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WordNet

(1) The act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance

(2) (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)

(3) An abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)

"His cancer is in remission"

(4) A payment of money sent to a person in another place

WiktionaryText

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.
An abatement or lessening of the manifestations of a disease.

Her cancer was in remission.
Referring a case back to a lower (inferior) court of law.