remission

CEFRC1

/ɹɪˈmɪʃ(ə)n/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    A period when an illness becomes less severe or disappears.

  2. 02

    noun

    A reduction or cancellation of a payment or punishment.

Examples

  • Tom miraculously beat the odds and went into complete remission.

  • Doctors declared Layla's cancer in remission.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A lessening of amount due, as in either money or work, or intensity of a thing.

  2. A pardon of a sin; (chiefly historical, also figuratively) the forgiveness of an offence, or relinquishment of a (legal) claim or a debt.

  3. A reduction or cancellation of the penalty for a criminal offence; in particular, the reduction of a prison sentence as a recognition of the prisoner's good behaviour.

More examples

In context

  • Tom is in remission.

  • Her cancer was in remission.

  • The Strykers have been remissioned, actually, to a mission of road security that actually takes advantage of the mobility that they provide.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English remissioun (“release from duty; freeing of captives; mercy, pardon, respite; forgiveness; release from or reduction of penances; reduction in intensity (of a quality, symptom, etc.); transfer of property, quitclaim; legal opinion or submission; reference, cross-reference”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman remission, remissione, remissioun, remissiun and Middle French, Old French remission (“forgiveness of sin; pardoning of an offence; postponement; cessation, suspension; diminishing or weakening of something; reduction of debt; reduction in intensity of a disease or symptom”) (modern French rémission), and their etymon Late Latin remissiō (“forgiveness; pardon of sin...