Synonyms for remission
rɪˈmɪʃ ənre·mis·sion

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1. remissionnoun

   Acquittal is a release from a charge, after trial, as not guilty. Pardon is a removal of penalty from one who has been adjudged guilty. Acquittal is by the decision of a court, commonly of a jury; pardon is the act of the executive. An innocent man may demand acquittal, and need not plead for pardon. Pardon supposes an offense; yet, as our laws stand, to grant a pardon is sometimes the only way to release one who has been wrongly convicted. Oblivion, from the Latin, signifies overlooking and virtually forgetting an offense, so that the offender stands before the law in all respects as if it had never been committed. Amnesty brings the same idea through the Greek. Pardon affects individuals; amnesty and oblivion are said of great numbers. Pardon is oftenest applied to the ordinary administration of law; amnesty, to national and military affairs. An amnesty is issued after war, insurrection, or rebellion; it is often granted by "an act of oblivion," and includes a full pardon of all offenders who come within its provisions. Absolution is a religious word (compare synonyms for ABSOLVE). Remission is a discharge from penalty; as, the remission of a fine.

   Synonyms:
   absolution, acquittal, amnesty, forbearance, forgiveness, mercy, oblivion, pardon, pardon

   Antonyms:
   penalty, punishment, retaliation, retribution, vengeance

   Preposition:
   A pardon to or for the offenders; for all offenses; the pardon of offenders or offenses.

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1. remission, remittal, subsidencenoun

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

   "his cancer is in remission"

   Synonyms:
   remittance, settling, subsidence, remitment, subsiding, remission of sin, remittal, remit, cave in, absolution

2. remittance, remittal, remission, remitmentnoun

   a payment of money sent to a person in another place

   Synonyms:
   remittance, subsidence, remitment, remission of sin, remittal, remit, absolution

3. remission, remitment, remitnoun

   (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)

   Synonyms:
   remittance, subsidence, remitment, remission of sin, remittal, remit, absolution

4. absolution, remission, remittal, remission of sinnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   remittance, subsidence, remitment, absolution, remission of sin, remit, remittal

Matched Categories

1. • Law
   • Payment
   • Redemption
   • Referral
   • Suspension

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1. remissionnoun

   Synonyms:
   relaxation, moderation, mitigation, lessening, abatement

2. remissionnoun

   Synonyms:
   intermission, suspension, interruption, suspense, stop, stoppage, respite, pause, rest

3. remissionnoun

   Synonyms:
   forgiveness, absolution, pardon, indulgence, acquittal, discharge, exoneration, excuse

4. remissionnoun

   Synonyms:
   release, relinquishment, surrender

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1. remissionnoun

   Synonyms:
   surrender, relinquishment, discharge, acquittance, abatement, assuagement, mitigation, subsidence, absolution, exculpation, forgiveness

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1. List of paraphrases for "remission":

   surrender, furnishing, remittance, rebate, forgiveness, remissions, shed, presentation, referral, investiture, furnished, discount, remitted

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How to use remission in a sentence?

1. Marc Ernstoff:

   But people that are in complete remission tend to live significantly longer.

2. John Milton:

   ... If weakness may excuse, What Murderer, what Traitor, Parricide, Incestuous, sacrilegious, but may plead it All Wickedness is Weakness That plea therefore With God or Man will gain thee no Remission.

3. Angela Pelosi-Harrison:

   She had been in remission so long it did n’t occur to me she could have cancer again. When it came the second time, I had three kids and one on the way. This time it became very real that I could lose her.

4. Don Horton:

   Unfortunately, this is not cancer where you can hope there’s a remission or you fight for something, we’re just fighting every day to maintain the level of mobility and strength from the day before, and it’s a losing battle.

5. Liza Heaton:

   Last week, we were thinking hospice. Only a few weeks left. Then, with this chemo pill, we weren’t given a time frame. We’re hopeful to beat it again and go into remission and spend the rest of our lives together.