noun A pardon of a sin; the forgiveness of an offence, or relinquishment of a (legal) claim or a debt.
noun A lessening of amount due, as in either money or work, or intensity of a thing. A reduction or cancellation of the penalty for a criminal offence; in particular, the reduction of a prison sentence as a recognition of the prisoner's good behaviour.
Her cancer was in remission.
noun A reduction or cancellation of the penalty for a criminal offence; in particular, the reduction of a prison sentence as a recognition of the prisoner's good behaviour.
noun An abatement or lessening of the manifestations of a disease; a period where the symptoms of a disease are absent.
Her cancer was in remission.
noun An act of remitting, returning, or sending back. A referral of a case back to another (especially a lower or inferior) court of law; a remand, a remittal.
noun A referral of a case back to another (especially a lower or inferior) court of law; a remand, a remittal.
noun Reflection or back-scattering of light by a material; (to send back)
verb To change the mission of; to provide with a new mission.