Noun
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the act of absolving or remitting
formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
- remission of sin -
(law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
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a payment of money sent to a person in another place
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an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)
"his cancer is in remission"