1. abatement, act of slackening; release from an obligation; forgiveness, absolution; (Medicine) abatement of symptoms of a disease in response to treatment; period during which a diminution of a disease occurs; (Medical) disappearance or abatement of indications and symptoms of cancer. remission\re*mis"sion\ (r?-m?sh"?n), n. [f. rémission, l. remissio. see:
remit.].
2. the act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up.
3. 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. xxvi.
4. that ples, therefore, will gain thee no remission.
5. diminution of intensity; abatement; relaxation.
6. (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.
7. the act of sending back. [r.] --stackhouse.
8. act of sending in payment, as money; remittance.remission n.
9. an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission" [syn: remittal, subsidence].
10. a payment of money sent to a person in another place [syn: remittance, remittal, remitment].
11. the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court) [syn: remitment, remit].
12. the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance [syn: absolution, remittal, remission of sin].
13. The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up.
14. Discharge from that which is due; relinquishment of a claim, right, or obligation; pardon of transgression; release from forfeiture, penalty, debt, etc.
15. Diminution of intensity; abatement; relaxation.
16. 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.
17. The act of sending back.
18. Act of sending in payment, as money; remittance. the act of remitting an abatement in intensity or degree ; "his cancer is in remission".
19. 1. If someone who has had a serious disease such as cancer is in remission or if the disease is in remission, the disease has been controlled so that they are not as ill as they were. Brain scans have confirmed that the disease is in remission.
20. If someone in prison gets remission, their prison sentence is reduced, usually because they have behaved well. With remission for good behaviour, she could be freed in a year.