REMISSION

remission. Remission, n. forgiveness, pardon, abatement

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Re‐mis″sion (r?–m?sh″?n), n. [[F. rémission, L. remissio. See Remit.]] 1. 1. The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up.
2. 2. Discharge from that which is due; relinquishment of a claim, right, or obligation; pardon of transgression; release from forfeiture, penalty, debt, etc.
This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. Matt. xxvi. 28. That ples, therefore, . . . Will gain thee no remission. Milton. 3. 3. Diminution of intensity; abatement; relaxation.
4. 4. (Med.) A temporary and incomplete subsidence of the force or violence of a disease or of pain, as destinguished from intermission, in which the disease completely leaves the patient for a time; abatement.
5. 5. The act of sending back. Stackhouse.
6. 6. Act of sending in payment, as money; remittance.