remission

/rimˈɪʃʌn/

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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
Noun
(law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
Noun
the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance

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