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remission

Syllabification: (re·mis·sion)

Pronunciation: /riˈmiSHən/

Definition of remission

the cancellation of a debt, charge, or penalty:the plan allows for the partial remission of tuition fees
a diminution of the seriousness or intensity of disease or pain; a temporary recovery:ten out of twenty patients remained in remission
formal forgiveness of sins.
British the reduction of a prison sentence, especially as a reward for good behavior.

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin remissio(n-), from remittere 'send back, restore' (see remit)

Spell remission with one m and a double s.

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