remission
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noun \ri-ˈmi-shən\Definition of REMISSION
1
: the act or process of remitting
2
: a state or period during which something is remitted
See Examples of REMISSION
- The patient is in remission.
- a temporary remission of symptoms
- He was given remission for good behavior.
First Known Use of REMISSION
13th century
Related to REMISSION
- Synonyms
- absolution, amnesty, forgiveness, pardon, remittal
- Antonyms
- penalty, punishment, retribution
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Rhymes with REMISSION
addition, admission, ambition, attrition, audition, beautician, clinician, cognition, coition, commission, condition, contrition, demission, dentition, dismission, Domitian, edition, emission, ethician, fruition, ignition, Kittitian, lenition, logician, magician, Mauritian, monition, mortician, munition, musician, nutrition, omission, optician, partition, patrician, perdition, permission, petition, Phoenician, physician, Politian, position, punition, rendition, sedition, submission, suspicion, tactician, technician, tradition, transition, transmission, tuition, volition
re·mis·sion
noun \ri-ˈmish-ən\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of REMISSION
: a state or period during which the symptoms of a disease are abated <cancer in remission after treatment>—compare arrest, cure 1, intermission
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