All remission synonyms

noun remission

• quiescency — Quiescence: the state of being quiescent, or at rest.
• lifeboat — a double-ended ship's boat, constructed, mounted, and provisioned so as to be readily able to rescue and maintain persons from a sinking vessel.
• logjam — an immovable pileup or tangle of logs, as in a river, causing a blockage.
• discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
• latency — the state of being latent.
• demurral — the act or an instance of demurring
• lifesaver — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
• mollification — to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
• hangup — Alternative spelling of hang-up.
• delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
• allayment — an abatement, moderation or alleviation
• cooling-off period — A cooling-off period is an agreed period of time during which two sides with opposing views try to resolve a dispute before taking any serious action.
• extrication — The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement.
• absolution — If someone is given absolution, they are forgiven for something wrong that they have done.
• waiver — an intentional relinquishment of some right, interest, or the like.
• cutoff — A cutoff or a cutoff point is the level or limit at which you decide that something should stop happening.
• hold-up — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• disavowal — a disowning; repudiation; denial.
• abeyance — a state of being suspended or put aside temporarily
• mitigation — the act of mitigating, or lessening the force or intensity of something unpleasant, as wrath, pain, grief, or extreme circumstances: Social support is the most important factor in the mitigation of stress among adolescents.
• amnesty — An amnesty is an official pardon granted to a group of prisoners by the state.
• letup — cessation; pause; relief.
• forgiveness — act of forgiving; state of being forgiven.
• quitclaim — a transfer of all one's interest, as in a parcel of real estate, especially without a warranty of title.
• dispensation — an act or instance of dispensing; distribution.
• desistance — to cease, as from some action or proceeding; stop.
• heave ho — an act or effort of heaving.
• disbarment — to expel from the legal profession or from the bar of a particular court.
• demission — relinquishment of or abdication from an office, responsibility, etc
• knockoff — an act or instance of knocking off.
• breakoff — an abrupt discontinuance, especially of relations
• cessation — The cessation of something is the stopping of it.
• cunctation — delay
• eschewal — The act of eschewing.
• cut rate — a price, fare, or rate below the standard charge.
• heave-ho — an act of rejection, dismissal, or forcible ejection: The bartender gave the noisy drunk the old heave-ho.