Remission

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NOUN

remittal, subsidence

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

remittance, remittal, remitment

a payment of money sent to a person in another place

remitment, remit

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

absolution, remittal, remission of sin

the act of absolving or remitting

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