Re*mis"sion (r?-m?sh"?n), n. [F.
rémission, L. remissio. See Remit.]
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 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.