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remission
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As a noun, remission means a pardon of a sin. As a verb, it means change the mission of.
Meanings of remission
10 meaningsnoun
A pardon of a sin; (chiefly historical, also figuratively) the forgiveness of an offence, or relinquishment of a (legal) claim or a debt.
A lessening of amount due, as in either money or work, or intensity of a thing.
lawA reduction or cancellation of the penalty for a criminal offence; in particular, the reduction of a prison sentence as a recognition of the prisoner's good behaviour.
medicineAn abatement or lessening of the manifestations of a disease; a period where the symptoms of a disease are absent.
“Her cancer was in remission.”
An act of remitting, returning, or sending back.
lawA referral of a case back to another (especially a lower or inferior) court of law; a remand, a remittal.
spectroscopyReflection or scattering of light by a material; reemission.
A payment of money sent to a person in another place
Similar: remittance, remittal, remitmentThe act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
Similar: absolution, remittal, remission of sin
verb
To change the mission of; to provide with a new mission.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).