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Another word for remission

Noun

  1. The act or process of becoming less active or intense

    2. See also:

    increase

  2. The act or an instance of forgiving

    3. See also:

    forgiveness

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Another word for remission

Noun

  1. An alleviation

    2. See also:

    relief

    reduction

  2. An interruption

    3. See also:

    respite

    delay

  3. Pardon

    4. See also:

    pardon

    forgiveness

    acquittal

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Sentence Examples

  • We acknowledge one baptism for remission of sins.

  • According to the committee, every convict should have it in his power to earn a remission - in other words, to shorten his sentence by his industry.

  • And in one baptism of repentance for remission of sins, io.

  • indulgentia, indulgere, to grant, concede), in theology, a term defined by the official catechism of the Roman Catholic Church in England as " the remission of the temporal punishment which often remains due to sin after its guilt has been forgiven."

  • Such remission was popularly called a pardon in the middle ages - a term which still survives, e.g.

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