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Webster 1913 Edition
Remission
1.
The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up.
2.
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
Will gain thee no
remission
. Milton.
3.
Diminution of intensity; abatement; relaxation.
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.
5.
The act of sending back.
[R.]
Stackhouse.
6.
Act of sending in payment, as money; remittance.
Webster 1828 Edition
Remission
REMIS'SION
,Noun.
1.
Abatement; relaxation; moderation; as the remission of extreme rigor.2.
Abatement; diminution of intensity; as the remission of the sun's heat; the remission of cold; the remission of close study or of labor.3.
Release; discharge or relinquishment of a claim or right; as the remission of a tax or duty.4.
In medicine, abatement; a temporary subsidence of the force or violence of a disease or of pain, as distinguished from intermission, in which the disease leaves the patient entirely for a time.5.
Forgiveness; pardon; that is, the giving up of the punishment due to a crime; as the remission of sins. Matt. 26. Heb. 9.6.
The act of sending back. [Not in use.]