Sample sentences for REMISSION

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Definition

a decrease in intensity — most typically of a disease or (especially in the UK) the length of a prison sentence

Less 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.

remission = less severe symptoms

As we hoped and prayed, Miss Riley's disease went into remission.
Homer Hickam -- October Sky

remission = a less severe state

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

remission = decrease in intensity

Hodgkin's Disease can go into remission.
Homer Hickam -- October Sky

remission = a less severe state

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

remission = a less severe state

After five years of treatment, the drug appeared to chase the cancer into remission.
Mitch Albom -- Tuesdays with Morrie

remission = a decrease in intensity — most typically of a disease or (especially in the UK) the length of a prison sentence

I'll give you my strength if I can have your remission.
John Green -- The Fault in Our Stars

remission = decrease in intensity of a disease

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

remission = decrease in intensity

Lida in remission.
John Green -- The Fault in Our Stars

remission = decrease in intensity of a disease

My penance is, to call Lucetta back
And ask remission for my folly past.
William Shakespeare -- The Two Gentlemen of Verona

remission = forgiveness

— 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

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