RemissionWordNet Explorer
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the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
(theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution
the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution
(law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
the act of referring (as forwarding an applicant for employment or referring a matter to an appropriate agency)
the collection of rules imposed by authority
an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)