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The sin of slavery is one of which it may be said that without the shedding of blood there is no remission.
James A. Garfield

Meaning of "remission" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF REMISSION

remission  [rɪˈmɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REMISSION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Remission is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES REMISSION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Remission

Remission may refer to: ▪ Remission, also known as remand, the proceedings by which a case is sent back to a lower court from which it was appealed, with instructions as to what further proceedings should be had ▪ Remission, the state of absence of disease activity in patients with a chronic illness, with the possibility of return of disease activity ▪ Remission, the reflection or scattering of light by a material ▪ Remission, the absence of the power and penalty of sin, as in Hebrews 9:22 ▪ Remission, a 1984 EP by Skinny Puppy ▪ Remission, the debut album by American metal band Mastodon ▪ Remission, the forgiveness of sin, particularly after the Sacrament of Penance ▪ Clemency, the reduction of a prison sentence...

Definition of remission in the English dictionary

The first definition of remission in the dictionary is the act of remitting or state of being remitted. Other definition of remission is a reduction of the term of a sentence of imprisonment, as for good conduct. Remission is also forgiveness for sin.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH REMISSION


academician
əˌkædəˈmɪʃən
admission
ədˈmɪʃən
commission
kəˈmɪʃən
decommission
ˌdiːkəˈmɪʃən
demission
dɪˈmɪʃən
dormition
dɔːˈmɪʃən
emission
ɪˈmɪʃən
intermission
ˌɪntəˈmɪʃən
irremission
ɪrɪˈmɪʃən
manumission
ˌmænjʊˈmɪʃən
mission
ˈmɪʃən
omission
əʊˈmɪʃən
permission
pəˈmɪʃən
photoemission
ˌfəʊtəʊɪˈmɪʃən
readmission
ˌriːədˈmɪʃən
reemission
ˌriːɪˈmɪʃən
resubmission
ˌriːsəbˈmɪʃən
retransmission
ˌriːtrænzˈmɪʃən
submission
səbˈmɪʃən
transmission
trænzˈmɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REMISSION

reminiscential
reminiscently
reminiscer
remint
remise
remiss
remissibility
remissible
remissibleness
remissibly
remissive
remissively
remissly
remissness
remissory
remit
remitment
remittable
remittal
remittance

WORDS THAT END LIKE REMISSION

accession
compassion
compression
confession
conversion
depression
discussion
expression
impression
obsession
passion
percussion
possession
pression
profession
progression
recession
regression
session
succession
suppression

Synonyms and antonyms of remission in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «REMISSION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «remission» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of remission

Translation of «remission» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF REMISSION

Find out the translation of remission to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of remission from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «remission» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

缓解
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

remisión
570 millions of speakers

English

remission
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

छूट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مغفرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ремиссии
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

remissão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উপশম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rémission
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Remisi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Remission
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

小康状態
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

> 진정
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Remisi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thuyên giảm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குணமடைந்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

माफी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hafifleme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

remissione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

umorzenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ремісії
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

remitere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ύφεση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vergifnis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

remission
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

remisjon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of remission

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REMISSION»

The term «remission» is quite widely used and occupies the 34.996 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «REMISSION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «remission» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «remission» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about remission

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6 QUOTES WITH «REMISSION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word remission.
1
Saint Augustine
Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.
2
David A. Bednar
The spirit of revelation is available to every person who receives by proper priesthood authority the saving ordinances of baptism by immersion for the remission of sins and the laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost - and who is acting in faith to fulfill the priesthood injunction to 'receive the Holy Ghost.'
3
David A. Bednar
Our sincere desire should be to have both clean hands and a pure heart - both a remission of sins from day to day and to walk guiltless before God.
4
Richard Cobden
I therefore declare, that if you wish any remission of the taxation which falls upon the homes of the people of England and Wales, you can only find it by reducing the great military establishments, and diminishing the money paid to fighting men in time of peace.
5
Patti Davis
To me, Ann Romney sounds like a better candidate than her husband. She put her MS into remission through horseback riding, alternative therapies, and a healthy diet. She knows how to pace herself. She has a sense of humor and an innate honesty, and her hair moves in the wind. Maybe she should run.
6
James A. Garfield
The sin of slavery is one of which it may be said that without the shedding of blood there is no remission.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REMISSION»

Discover the use of remission in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to remission and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All Odds
This is a book for those who are in the midst of receiving conventional cancer treatment, who are looking for other options because that treatment has done all that it can, or who seemingly have no options left but still feel that the ...
Kelly A. Turner, PhD, 2014
2
Now in Remission
Ken Clezy shares the joys and sorrows of his family and professional life in the Third World, most recently in Yemen during the Second Gulf War.
Ken Clezy, 2012
3
Spontaneous remission: an annotated bibliography
This bibliography provides extracted summaries for major articles about spontaneous remission of various cancers and the effect of the mind-body relationship, as well as supplemental references for the subject of the article.
Brendan O'Regan, Caryle Hirshberg, 1993
4
Treatment Resistant Anxiety Disorders: Resolving Impasses to ...
Treatment Resistant Anxiety Disorders: Resolving Impasses to Symptom Remission brings together leading cognitive behavioral therapists from major theoretical orientations to provide clinicians with a greatly needed source of information, ...
Debbie Sookman, Robert L. Leahy, 2009
5
Childhood Epilepsy: Management from Diagnosis to Remission
This book provides a practical, problem-oriented manual to help clinicians with diagnosis, evaluation and management.
Richard Appleton, Peter Camfield, 2011
6
Hysteria in Remission
The artist's underground comics work.
Robert Williams, 2009
7
Don't Relapse!: Building a Healthy Life After Cancer Remission
His strong belief is with knowledge, will, perseverance, and support, cancer patients have the power to prevent relapse by taking care of body, mind and spirit. This book tells how to take control of your destiny. Don't Relapse!
Jim Palmer, 2011
8
The Boon: Thoughts of a Schizophrenic in Remission
" This line stands as a rare moment of profundity in a largely light-hearted read. For all its references (and there are many), this book maintains a brisk, entertaining pace.
Eugene Uttley, 2012
9
Remission
Jack Teeter. Remission 1. pardon; forgiveness 2. release from a debt, tax, etc. 3. an abating, as of heat or pain John Lumac is in remission. He is recovering from cancer. Dante Coalson is in remission. He has recently been released from jail.
Jack Teeter, 2009
10
Remission: A Justice Seeker Novel
Remission. A Justice seekeR novel Copyright © 2013 T. D. Croel. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic , electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any ...
T. D. Croel, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REMISSION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term remission is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Supreme Court lifts embargo, allows states to exercise remission
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today allowed state governments to exercise its powers of remission to release life convicts with a rider that this will not apply ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
2
HIV positive teenager in remission for 12 years – but is her case a …
“Even if we work out how to intervene at that stage, in a way that creates long-term remission of the virus, it is dependent on treatment immediately after infection. «The Independent, Jul 15»
3
French teen in 'unprecedented' remission from HIV
AIDS researchers are reporting an "unprecedented" remission in a French teenager who was infected with HIV at birth but who has been off medication for 12 ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
4
Weight-loss surgery 'highly effective' for type 2 diabetes remission
While lifestyle interventions alone appear to have no effect on type 2 diabetes remission, researchers found these combined with weight-loss surgery led to ... «Medical News Today, Jul 15»
5
CVac Shows Clear Trend for Overall Survival Benefit in Second …
In the group of second remission patients (n=20), the median for standard of care ... survival advantage for second remission patients when treated with CVac. «MarketWatch, May 15»
6
Despite cancer's remission, Connecticut teen stuck in state custody
But after she was declared by doctors to be in remission in March, her lawyer Joshua Michtom and attorneys for her mother appealed at a closed-door court ... «Reuters, Apr 15»
7
Leah Still officially in remission
"Today we received news from Leah's oncologist that her cancer, Stage 4 neuroblastoma, is officially in remission!" Wednesday's news came on the heels of a ... «ESPN, Mar 15»
8
Connecticut Teen Forced to Undergo Chemo: 'I Feel Like a Prisoner'
"I'm in remission, she says, adding that a recent PET scan confirmed "there are no signs of active cancer. That played a big part in me accepting that I need to ... «People Magazine, Mar 15»
9
Experimental Treatment Puts Terminal B.C. Cancer Patient Into …
At the two-month mark, Keating's cancer was undetectable and she is considered in remission. Lim said cancer is currently treated based on its type — colon ... «Huffington Post Canada, Mar 15»
10
Connecticut Teen Who Refused Chemo Now in 'Remission,' Seeks …
A 17-year-old girl who initially refused treatment for a highly curable cancer is now in remission and is seeking release from state custody to finish her last two ... «NBCNews.com, Mar 15»

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