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remission

[ri-mish-uhn]

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noun

the act of remitting.
pardon; forgiveness, as of sins or offenses.
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abatement or diminution, as of diligence, labor, intensity, etc.
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the relinquishment of a payment, obligation, etc.
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1. a temporary or permanent decrease or subsidence of manifestations of a disease.
2. a period during which such a decrease or subsidence occurs.
  The patient's leukemia was in remission.

remission

/ rɪˈmɪʃən, rɪˈmɪtəl /

noun

the act of remitting or state of being remitted
a reduction of the term of a sentence of imprisonment, as for good conduct
he got three years' remission
forgiveness for sin
discharge or release from penalty, obligation, etc
lessening of intensity; abatement, as in the severity of symptoms of a disease

remission

Abatement or subsiding of the symptoms of a disease.

remission

A period in the course of a disease when symptoms become less severe.

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The term remission is often used in speaking of sufferers from leukemia or other cancers whose symptoms lessen or disappear. In such a case, the disease is said to be “in remission.” The period of remission may last only briefly or may extend over several months or years.

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Other Word Forms

nonremission noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of remission¹

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English, from Old French, from Latin ��𳾾��ō��-, stem of ��𳾾��ō; equivalent to remiss + -ion

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Example Sentences

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The princess is now in remission from her cancer.

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He had been living with the condition since he was 16 and, despite being in remission four times, the cancer kept coming back.

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And the differences between the two were stark: When Pigott applied the Hamilton scale to the data, the cumulative remission rate of patients fell from 67 percent to 35 percent.

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The word “remission” didn’t have much meaning for me until I heard it from the lips of my urologist.

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Nancy is now in remission and has become the face of a national TV advert for Young Lives vs Cancer, a charity that supported the family during her treatment.

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In medicine, remission refers to a temporary or permanent decrease in the symptoms of a disease.Remission also refers to a release from a penalty or obligation, as in Fang was relieved when the bank gave him remission for the late fees on his car loan.Remission can also refer to the forgiveness of sin, as in The remission of sin is granted by the Church.Example: After four years of fighting cancer, I finally entered remission last week.

remissible remissive

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