remittal

noun

1. an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)

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his cancer is in remission

• Syn: ↑remission, ↑subsidence

• Derivationally related forms: ↑subside (for: ↑subsidence), ↑remit, ↑remit (for: ↑remission)

• Hypernyms: ↑suspension, ↑respite, ↑reprieve, ↑hiatus, ↑abatement

• Hyponyms: ↑resolution

2. a payment of money sent to a person in another place

• Syn: ↑remittance, ↑remission, ↑remitment

• Derivationally related forms: ↑remit (for: ↑remitment), ↑remit, ↑remit (for: ↑remittance)

• Hypernyms: ↑payment

3. the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance

• Syn: ↑absolution, ↑remission, ↑remission of sin

• Derivationally related forms: ↑absolve (for: ↑absolution)

• Hypernyms: ↑redemption, ↑salvation

• Hyponyms: ↑indulgence

• Part Holonyms: ↑penance