remission
noun/rɪˈmɪʃn/
/rɪˈmɪʃn/
[uncountable, countable]- a period during which a serious illness improves for a time and the patient seems to get better
- in remission The patient has been in remission for the past six months.
- The symptoms reappeared after only a short remission.
- a period of remission
- (British English) a reduction in the amount of time somebody spends in prison, especially because they have behaved well
- With remission for good behaviour, he could be out by the end of the year.
- She has been granted a remission of sentence.
- He lost two months’ remission after he attacked another prisoner.
- (formal) an act of reducing or cancelling the amount of money that somebody has to pay
- New businesses may qualify for tax remission.
- There is a partial remission of fees for overseas students.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, or from Latin remissio(n-), from remittere ‘send back, restore’, from re- ‘back’ + mittere ‘send’.
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