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remission
noun
the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
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ɹɪˈmɪʃ(ə)n
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noun
the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
noun
(law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
noun
an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)
“his cancer is in remission”
noun
a payment of money sent to a person in another place
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his cancer is in remission
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