Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

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. — Matt. xxvi. 28
That ples, therefore,... Will gain thee no remission. — Milton
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.