Definitions for remissionrɪˈmɪʃ ən
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
re•mis•sionrɪˈmɪʃ ən(n.)
the act of remitting.
pardon; forgiveness, as of offenses.
abatement or diminution, as of intensity.
the relinquishment of a payment, obligation, etc.
a temporary or permanent decrease or subsidence of manifestations of a disease. a period during which such a remission occurs.
Category: Medicine
Princeton's WordNet
remission, remittal, subsidence(noun)
an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)
"his cancer is in remission"
remittance, remittal, remission, remitment(noun)
a payment of money sent to a person in another place
remission, remitment, remit(noun)
(law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
absolution, remission, remittal, remission of sin(noun)
the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
Wiktionary
remission(Noun)
A lessening of amount due, as in either work or money or intensity of a thing.
remission(Noun)
A pardon of a sin; the forgiveness of an offense.
remission(Noun)
An abatement or lessening of the manifestations of a disease.
Her cancer was in remission.
remission(Noun)
Referring a case back to a lower (inferior) court of law.
Webster Dictionary
Remission(noun)
the act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up
Remission(noun)
discharge from that which is due; relinquishment of a claim, right, or obligation; pardon of transgression; release from forfeiture, penalty, debt, etc
Remission(noun)
diminution of intensity; abatement; relaxation
Remission(noun)
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
Remission(noun)
the act of sending back
Remission(noun)
act of sending in payment, as money; remittance
Translations for remission
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
remission(noun)
a lessening in the severity of an illness etc.
- verminderingAfrikaans
- إبْراء، تَخْفيف من شِدَّة المَرَضArabic
- отслабванеBulgarian
- atenuaçãoPortuguese (BR)
- prominutíCzech
- das NachlassenGerman
- bedringDanish
- ύφεση (ασθένειας)Greek
- remisiónSpanish
- leevenemineEstonian
- بهبودی؛ تسکینFarsi
- elpymävaiheFinnish
- rémissionFrench
- הַקָלָהHebrew
- माफी, छूटHindi
- oprostCroatian
- csökkenés (lázé, izgalomé stb.), enyhülés (fájdalomé)Hungarian
- peredaanIndonesian
- rénunIcelandic
- remissione, remittenzaItalian
- 鎮静Japanese
- 경감Korean
- ligos atoslūgis, remisijaLithuanian
- (sāpju u.tml.) pierimšana, mazināšanāsLatvian
- penguranganMalay
- remissieDutch
- midlertidig bedringNorwegian
- zelżenie, cofnięcie sięPolish
- بهبودی؛ تسکینPersian
- بښنه، معافى، كمونه، تخفيفPashto
- atenuaçãoPortuguese
- remisiuneRomanian
- ослаблениеRussian
- prepáčenieSlovak
- popuščanjeSlovenian
- popuštanjeSerbian
- lindringSwedish
- การบรรเทาThai
- hafiflemeTurkish
- 病情減輕Chinese (Trad.)
- зменшення; послабленняUkrainian
- افاقہUrdu
- sự thuyên giảmVietnamese
- （病情）缓和Chinese (Simp.)
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