REMISSION
\ɹɪmˈɪʃən], \ɹɪmˈɪʃən], \ɹ_ɪ_m_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of REMISSION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
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a payment of money sent to a person in another place
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an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission"
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(law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
By Princeton University
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the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
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a payment of money sent to a person in another place
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an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Discharge from that which is due; relinquishment of a claim, right, or obligation; pardon of transgression; release from forfeiture, penalty, debt, etc.
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Diminution of intensity; abatement; relaxation.
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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.
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Act of sending in payment, as money; remittance.
By Oddity Software
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Discharge from that which is due; relinquishment of a claim, right, or obligation; pardon of transgression; release from forfeiture, penalty, debt, etc.
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Diminution of intensity; abatement; relaxation.
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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.
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Act of sending in payment, as money; remittance.
By Noah Webster.
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The canceling of a debt; discharge from a penalty; as, the remission of a fine; forgiveness; pardon; as, remission of sins.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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In a more extensive signification, a temporary diminution of the symptoms of a disease, either acute or chronic, Remissio morbi. Diminution in the febrile symptoms, such as occurs in a remittent fever between the exacerbations.
By Robley Dunglison
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A diminution or abatement of symptoms.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Latin] Act of remitting; - relaxation: abatement; moderation of intensity, as of heat, cold, labour, harsh treatment, &c., diminution in part or release in full, from a penal sentence; removal of a punishment or penalty;- hence, pardon; forgiveness of sin;- discharge from that which is due; relinquishment of a claim, right, or obligation;- a temporary subsidence of the force or violence of a disease or of pain.
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