remission

Etymology 1
From, from , , , and ,  (modern 🇨🇬), and their  , , from  +. Remittō is derived from +  (possibly ultimately from  or ).

The English word is cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) A pardon of a sin;  the forgiveness of an offence, or relinquishment of a (legal) claim or a debt.
 * 2) A lessening of amount due, as in either money or work, or intensity of a thing.
 * 3)  A 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.
 * 4)  An abatement or lessening of the manifestations of a disease; a period where the symptoms of a disease are absent.
 * 5) An act of remitting, returning, or sending back.
 * 6)  A referral of a case back to another (especially a lower or inferior) court of law; a remand, a remittal.
 * 7) (spectroscopy) Reflection or scattering of light by a material; reemission.
 * 1) A lessening of amount due, as in either money or work, or intensity of a thing.
 * 2)  A 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.
 * 3)  An abatement or lessening of the manifestations of a disease; a period where the symptoms of a disease are absent.
 * 4) An act of remitting, returning, or sending back.
 * 5)  A referral of a case back to another (especially a lower or inferior) court of law; a remand, a remittal.
 * 6) (spectroscopy) Reflection or scattering of light by a material; reemission.
 * 1)  A 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.
 * 2)  An abatement or lessening of the manifestations of a disease; a period where the symptoms of a disease are absent.
 * 3) An act of remitting, returning, or sending back.
 * 4)  A referral of a case back to another (especially a lower or inferior) court of law; a remand, a remittal.
 * 5) (spectroscopy) Reflection or scattering of light by a material; reemission.
 * 1)  An abatement or lessening of the manifestations of a disease; a period where the symptoms of a disease are absent.
 * 2) An act of remitting, returning, or sending back.
 * 3)  A referral of a case back to another (especially a lower or inferior) court of law; a remand, a remittal.
 * 4) (spectroscopy) Reflection or scattering of light by a material; reemission.
 * 1) An act of remitting, returning, or sending back.
 * 2)  A referral of a case back to another (especially a lower or inferior) court of law; a remand, a remittal.
 * 3) (spectroscopy) Reflection or scattering of light by a material; reemission.
 * 1) An act of remitting, returning, or sending back.
 * 2)  A referral of a case back to another (especially a lower or inferior) court of law; a remand, a remittal.
 * 3) (spectroscopy) Reflection or scattering of light by a material; reemission.
 * 1) (spectroscopy) Reflection or scattering of light by a material; reemission.
 * 1) (spectroscopy) Reflection or scattering of light by a material; reemission.

Usage notes
Not to be confused with.

Translations

 * Arabic:, صَفْح
 * Aramaic:
 * Classical Syriac: ܫܘܒܩܢܐ
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: remissió
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician: remisión
 * German: ,
 * Gothic: 𐌰𐍆𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃, 𐌰𐍆𐌻𐌴𐍄, 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍄
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἄφεσις
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Latin: remissiō, indulgentia
 * Manx: maih, maihyns
 * Old English: forġifnes
 * Old Norse: aflát
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: ondoleo
 * Thai:
 * Yuma: pampachay


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:, osasuoritus,
 * Greek: μείωση οφειλής
 * Ancient: ᾰ̓́νεσῐς
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Italian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish:
 * Old Irish: dín, maithemnas
 * Persian:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 緩解期
 * Czech: remise
 * Finnish:, elpymävaihe,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, nyugalmi szakasz, , , panaszmentesség, tünetmentesség
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: dīmissiō
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian:


 * Hungarian:, ,


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: condonazione,
 * Spanish:


 * Arabic:
 * Czech:
 * Greek:

Etymology 2
en

Verb

 * 1)  To change the mission of; to provide with a new mission.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  (pardon of a sin; the forgiveness of an offense)