remission

noun

1. an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)

   noun.event

   Examples

   His cancer is in remission.

   Synonyms remittal subsidence

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. a payment of money sent to a person in another place

   noun.possession

   Synonyms remitment remittal remittance

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)

   noun.act

   Synonyms remit remitment

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance

   noun.act

   Synonyms absolution remission of sin remittal

   Source: WordNet 3.0

5. The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up.

   noun

   Source: webster1913