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 Remission \Re*mis"sion\ (r?-m?sh"?n), n. [F. r['e]mission, L.
   remissio. See {Remit}.]
   1. The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving
      up.
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   2. Discharge from that which is due; relinquishment of a
      claim, right, or obligation; pardon of transgression;
      release from forfeiture, penalty, debt, etc.
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            This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed
            for many for the remission of sins.   --Matt. xxvi.
                                                  28.
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            That ples, therefore, . . .
            Will gain thee no remission.          --Milton.
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   3. Diminution of intensity; abatement; relaxation.
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   4. (Med.) 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.
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   5. The act of sending back. [R.] --Stackhouse.
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   6. Act of sending in payment, as money; remittance.
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