Both Uses of "remission" in "October Sky"

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Both Uses

remission
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October Sky
(Edited)

Hodgkin's Disease can go into remission.
Chpt 23

remission = a state with symptoms decreased or gone
As we hoped and prayed, Miss Riley's disease went into remission.
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(1) (remission as in: remission of cancer or love)
a decrease in intensity -- most typically of a disease (or, in UK of a prison sentence)
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Less commonly, remission can refer to:
- a payment that is sent or the act of sending it (remitting it)
- the act of referring (sending/remitting) a case to another court
- the act of forgiving someone -- especially for violating religious rules