remission

/ɹimˈɪʃən/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)
   “his cancer is in remission”
2. a payment of money sent to a person in another place
3. (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
4. the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance

Synonyms for remission

• remittal
• subsidence
• remittance
• remitment
• remit
• absolution
• remission of sin

Words that rhyme with remission

• position
• condition
• commission
• composition
• opposition
• recognition
• submission
• transition
• addition
• partition
• proposition
• attrition
• decomposition
• emission
• expedition
• mission
• prohibition
• requisition
• transmission
• acquisition
• admission
• apparition
• competition
• deposition
• disposition
• edition
• exposition
• inhibition
• munition
• omission