01 n. The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up.
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The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up.
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Discharge from that which is due; relinquishment of a claim, right, or obligation; pardon of transgression; release from forfeiture, penalty, debt, etc.“This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.” — Matt. xxvi. 28.“That ples, therefore, . . . Will gain thee no remission.” — Milton.
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Diminution of intensity; abatement; relaxation.
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A temporary and incomplete subsidence of the force or violence of a disease or of pain, as destinguished from intermission, in which the disease completely leaves the patient for a time; abatement.(Med.)
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The act of sending back.[R.]
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Act of sending in payment, as money; remittance.