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Noun
S:
(n)
remittance
,
remittal
,
remission
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remitment
(a payment of money sent to a person in another place)
S:
(n)
remission
,
remittal
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subsidence
(an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease))
"his cancer is in remission"
S:
(n)
absolution
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remission
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remittal
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remission of sin
(the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance)