Re*mis"sion (r?-m?sh"?n), n. [F. rémission, L. remissio. See Remit.] 1. The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up.

2. Discharge from that which is due; relinquishment of a claim, right, or obligation; pardon of transgression; release from forfeiture, penalty, debt, etc.

This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

That ples, therefore, . . .
Will gain thee no remission.

3. Diminution of intensity; abatement; relaxation.

4. (Med.) A temporary and incomplete subsidence of the force or violence of a disease or of pain, as destinguished from intermission, in which the disease completely leaves the patient for a time; abatement.

5. The act of sending back. [R.] Stackhouse.

6. Act of sending in payment, as money; remittance.

Re*mis"sion (r?-m?sh"?n), n. [F. rémission, L. remissio. See Remit.] 1. The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up.

2. Discharge from that which is due; relinquishment of a claim, right, or obligation; pardon of transgression; release from forfeiture, penalty, debt, etc.

This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

That ples, therefore, . . .
Will gain thee no remission.

3. Diminution of intensity; abatement; relaxation.

4. (Med.) A temporary and incomplete subsidence of the force or violence of a disease or of pain, as destinguished from intermission, in which the disease completely leaves the patient for a time; abatement.

5. The act of sending back. [R.] Stackhouse.

6. Act of sending in payment, as money; remittance.

• An abatement or lessening of the manifestations of a disease
       
• Her cancer was in remission.
  
• A lessening of amount due, as in either work or money or intensity of a thing
  
• to pardon a sin; to forgive an offense
  
• (legal) to refer a case back to a lower (inferior) court of law