Definition

1. Noun:
   • The act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance: The action of forgiving or pardoning sins, often in a formal religious context.
   • An abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease): A lessening or temporary disappearance of the symptoms of a disease or condition.
   • A payment of money sent to a person in another place: The action or an instance of sending payment, typically across a distance.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The priest spoke of the remittal of sins during the confession. (Formal forgiveness of sins.)
  • The patient experienced a complete remittal of symptoms for several months. (A period where disease symptoms lessen or disappear.)
  • He arranged for the remittal of funds to his family overseas. (The sending of a payment.)

Advanced Usage

• "In remittal": Used to describe a state, especially of a disease, where symptoms have abated.
  • After the new treatment, her illness was in remittal. (Her illness showed a significant decrease in symptoms.)

Variants and Related Words

• Remit (verb): To send (money) in payment; to cancel or refrain from exacting (a penalty or debt); to pardon.

  • Please remit the balance by the end of the month. (Send the payment.)
  • The governor decided to remit the prisoner's sentence. (To cancel or reduce the sentence.)

• Remission (noun): Most commonly used synonym, especially for the medical and forgiveness senses.

  • The cancer is in remission. (The disease is not currently active.)
  • He prayed for the remission of his sins. (Forgiveness of sins.)

Synonyms

• Forgiveness: The action of forgiving.
• Abatement: A reduction or lessening.
• Remittance: A sum of money sent in payment.

Related Phrases

• Remit to: To send or refer (something, like a case or payment) to an authority or a person.
  • The court decided to remit the case to a lower tribunal. (To send the case back for further review.)

Related Idioms

• (To be) in remission: A standard medical idiom describing a period when a chronic illness is not active or showing symptoms.
  • Although not cured, his leukemia has been in remission for two years.

Noun

1. the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
2. an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)
   • his cancer is in remission
3. a payment of money sent to a person in another place