ALL meanings of remission
re·mis·sion
R r - noun remission the act of remitting. 1
- noun remission pardon; forgiveness, as of sins or offenses. 1
- noun remission abatement or diminution, as of diligence, labor, intensity, etc. 1
- noun remission the relinquishment of a payment, obligation, etc. 1
- noun remission Medicine/Medical. a temporary or permanent decrease or subsidence of manifestations of a disease. a period during which such a decrease or subsidence occurs: The patient's leukemia was in remission. 1
- variable noun remission 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. 0
- uncountable noun remission If someone in prison gets remission, their prison sentence is reduced, usually because they have behaved well. 0
- noun remission the act of remitting or state of being remitted 0
- noun remission a reduction of the term of a sentence of imprisonment, as for good conduct 0
- noun remission forgiveness for sin 0
- noun remission discharge or release from penalty, obligation, etc 0
- noun remission lessening of intensity; abatement, as in the severity of symptoms of a disease 0
- noun remission the act or an instance of remitting 0
- noun remission forgiveness or pardon, as of sins or crimes 0
- noun remission cancellation of or release from a debt, tax, penalty, etc. 0
- noun remission a lessening or abating, as of heat or cold, pain, etc. 0
- noun remission a relatively prolonged lessening or disappearance of the symptoms of a disease 0