remission

  1. Noun.  A lessening of amount due, as in either work or money or intensity of a thing.
  2. Noun.  A pardon of a sin; the forgiveness of an offense.
  3. Noun.  (medicine) An abatement or lessening of the manifestations of a disease.
  4. Noun.  (legal) Referring a case back to a lower (''inferior'') court of law.

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