Remission_of_sinWordNet Explorer
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noun
the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
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(theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
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a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution
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the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution