Remission is forgiveness or the decrease in symptoms of a disease.
(noun)See remission in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: OFr < L remissio, a sending back, in LL(Ec), forgiveness of sin < pp. of remittere: see remit
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Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , from Latin remissiō, remissiōn-
Origin: , from remissus
Origin: , past participle of remittere, to let go; see remit
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