Remission
Remission (r?-m?sh"?n) , noun
[French rémission, Latin remissio. See Remit.]
1.
The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up.
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.
That ples, therefore,...
Will gain thee no remission.
3.
Diminution of intensity; abatement; relaxation.
4.
(Medicine) 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.
The act of sending back. [Rare] — Stackhouse
6.
Act of sending in payment, as money; remittance.