"remission" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

An abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease) (synset 107434560)
"his cancer is in remission"

is a type of: abatement, hiatus, reprieve, respite, suspension - an interruption in the intensity or amount of something

subtypes: resolution - the subsidence of swelling or other signs of inflammation (especially in a lung)

same as: remittal, subsidence
A payment of money sent to a person in another place (synset 113320476)
is a type of: payment - a sum of money paid or a claim discharged

same as: remitment, remittal, remittance
(law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court) (synset 100122926)
referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority

is a type of: referral - the act of referring (as forwarding an applicant for employment or referring a matter to an appropriate agency)

same as: remit, remitment
The act of absolving or remitting;
Formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance (synset 100095060)
is a type of: redemption, salvation - (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil

subtypes: indulgence - the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution

is a part of: penance - a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution

same as: absolution, remission of sin, remittal