remission
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remission¹
- /ɹɪˈmɪʃ(ə)n/ UK
- /ɹəˈmɪʃ(ə)n/ US
Rhymes with -ɪʃən
Where it comes from
From Middle English remissioun (“release from duty; freeing of captives; mercy, pardon, respite; forgiveness; release from or reduction of penances; reduction in intensity (of a quality, symptom, etc.); transfer of property, quitclaim; legal opinion or submission; reference, cross-reference”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman remission, remissione, remissioun, remissiun and Middle French, Old French remission (“forgiveness of sin; pardoning of an offence; postponement; cessation, suspension; diminishing or weakening of something; reduction of debt; reduction in intensity of a disease or symptom”) (modern French rémission), and their etymon Late Latin remissiō (“forgiveness; pardon of sins”), Latin remissiō (“release; sending back; easing off, relaxing, softening; reduction of debt; reduction in intensity of a disease or symptom”), from remittō (“to remit, send back; to diminish; to relax; to do without, forego”) + -siō. Remittō is derived from re- (prefix meaning ‘back, backwards’) + mittō (“to cause to go; to send; to discharge, emit, let go, release; to throw; to extend, reach out; to announce, tell; to produce, yield; to attend, escort, guide; to dismiss, disregard; to end”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to change, exchange; to change places, go past”) or *(s)meyt- (“to throw”)).
The English word is cognate with Catalan remissió, Italian remissioni, remissione (“remission; withdrawal of legal action; compliance, submission”), Old Occitan remessió, Portuguese remisson, remissão (“pardon; remission”), Spanish remisión (“remission”).
noun remissions
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A pardon of a sin; (chiefly historical, also figuratively) the forgiveness of an offence, or relinquishment of a (legal) claim or a debt.
Moreouer the perfit beleue of this article, worketh in all true chriſten people, aloue to continue in this vnitie, and afeare to be caſte out of the ſame, and it worketh in them that be ſinners and repentant, great comforte, and conſolacion, to obteine remiſſion of ſinne, by vertue of Chriſtes paſſi
Similar: acceptilation · Opposite: irremission
- A lessening of amount due, as in either money or work, or intensity of a thing. Preceptors have all aſſented to this one principle,—that diſcipline , and amuſement ſhould alternately ſucceed each other. […] You may relax your care, but the youthful mind will be full occupied, and more earneſtly buſied in the career of voluntary play, than on any impoſed taſk. During the remiſſi
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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.
That Mr. Carstairs answer all interrogatories that shall be put to him, betwixt and the first of October next, upon his great oath. That which being done, he shall have his majesty's full pardon and remission, for his life, limb, estate, and fame.
Similar: remitment
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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.
Similar: anesis, remittence
- 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. It was held by the Court of Errors and Appeals that the remission of the case to the trial court for clarification of the verdict was justified, and that the record, as corrected, clearly indicated that the recommendation of life imprisonment should apply only to Rannelli and not to Merra.
- Reflection or back-scattering of light by a material; (to send back)
remission²
Where it comes from
From re- + mission.
verb remissions · remissioning · remissioned
- To change the mission of; to provide with a new mission. The Strykers have been remissioned, actually, to a mission of road security that actually takes advantage of the mobility that they provide.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: absolution, remittal, remittance, subsidence, concession, forgiveness, pardon, submission, waiver, submitting, remit, rendition, surrender, rebate, refund, award
Translations
Every language
noun lessening of amount due
| Español | remisión |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Nachlaß |
| Italiano | remissione |
| Ελληνικά | μείωση οφειλής meíosi ofeilís |
| Русский | реми́ссия remíssija |
noun act of remitting, returning, or sending back
| Deutsch | Zurücksendung, Rücksendung |
|---|
noun pardon of a sin
| Español | remisión |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | ondoleo |
| Português | remissão |
| Français | rémission, pardon |
| Deutsch | Erlass, Vergebung |
| Italiano | remissione |
| Ελληνικά | άφεση áfesi |
| Română | iertăciune |
| Русский | индульгенция indulʹgencija, отпуще́ние otpuščénije |
| العربية | عَفْو ʕafw, صَفْح ṣafḥ |
noun reduction or cancellation of the penalty for a criminal offence
| Deutsch | Nachlaß |
|---|
noun abatement or lessening of the manifestations of a disease
| Español | remisión |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 緩解 kankai |
| 中文 | 緩解期 /缓解期 huǎnjiěqī |
| Português | remissão |
| Deutsch | Nachlassen, Remission, Abklingen, Rückbildung |
| Italiano | remissione, recesso |
| Русский | реми́ссия remíssija |
| עברית | רמיסיה |
noun referral of a case back to another court
| Deutsch | Rückverweisung |
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| Italiano | condonazione, condono |
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