OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 20526

remission

/ɹɪˈmɪʃ(ə)n/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
remisión
A pardon of a sin; (chiefly historical, also figuratively) the forgiveness of an offence, or relinquishment of a (legal) claim or a debt.
And as to the remission of the interest of the debt of the Company, the right hon. gentleman knew, that public policy and expediency rendered a remission of the interests of all th…
And it be further enacted, That if it shall appear to the comptroller that any payments of quit rents or certificates given for the remission of quit rent in pursuance of any forme…
remisión
A lessening of amount due, as in either money or work, or intensity of a thing.
Her cancer was in remission.
When Dr. Willis speaks of relapses, does he mean relapses after a cessation of the disorder, or after a remission of the disorder?—Certainly after a remission, his Majesty's disord…
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