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
- 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
- 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 William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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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.
