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Definition
a decrease in intensity — most typically of a disease or (especially in the UK) the length of a prison sentenceLess commonly, remission can refer to:
- a payment that is sent or the act of sending it (remitting it)
- he act of referring (sending/remitting) a case to another court
- the act of forgiving someone for violating religious rules
- Her cancer is in remission.
remission = a state with symptoms decreased or gone
- Her health declined, with brief periods of remission, and eventually she stopped getting out of bed.
- As we hoped and prayed, Miss Riley's disease went into remission.Homer Hickam -- October Sky
- The doctor says your disease is incurable, but you could have a remission lasting five years, even more, if you take good care of yourself and don't overdo it.Ellen Raskin -- The Westing Game
- Hodgkin's Disease can go into remission.Homer Hickam -- October Sky
- I was surprised that Augustus was Wish-eligible, what with being still in school and a year into remission.John Green -- The Fault in Our Stars
- After five years of treatment, the drug appeared to chase the cancer into remission.Mitch Albom -- Tuesdays with Morrie
- I'll give you my strength if I can have your remission.John Green -- The Fault in Our Stars
- She was a regular—in a long remission from appendiceal cancer, which I had not previously known existed.John Green -- The Fault in Our Stars
- Lida in remission.John Green -- The Fault in Our Stars
- My penance is, to call Lucetta back
And ask remission for my folly past.William Shakespeare -- The Two Gentlemen of Verona - — I find an apt remission in myself; And yet here's one in place I cannot pardon.William Shakespeare -- Measure for Measure
- My Negli's seemed to be in remission.James Patterson -- 1st to Die
- Our kind of love can go into remission, but it's always waiting to return.Gillian Flynn -- Gone Girl
- Cancer patients showed striking remission of symptoms consistent with cure.Michael Crichton -- The Andromeda Strain
- "Lord remember me when thou commest into thy Kingdome:" Therefore, saith hee, there is Remission of sins after this life.Thomas Hobbes -- Leviathan
- Such remissions or cures are not unheard of.William Styron -- Sophie's Choice
- Not since the eyeliner—which he knew wasn't dead, but it seemed in remission.Rainbow Rowell -- Eleanor & Park
- He was in the toils, there was no help for him; he must either take this punishment or beg for its remission.Mark Twain -- The Prince and The Pauper
- This award will entitle you to remission of tuition fees for this period.Russell Baker -- Growing Up
remission = less severe symptoms
remission = a less severe state
remission = decrease in intensity
remission = a less severe state
remission = a less severe state
remission = a decrease in intensity — most typically of a disease or (especially in the UK) the length of a prison sentence
remission = decrease in intensity of a disease
remission = decrease in intensity
remission = decrease in intensity of a disease
remission = forgiveness
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