Dictionary Check: remission
"remission" is a valid word!
Scrabble
11
points
Words with Friends
13
points
Definition
noun
an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)
Example:
"his cancer is in remission"
noun
a payment of money sent to a person in another place
noun
(law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
noun
the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
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