remission Definition
re·mis·sion (ri mis̸h′ən)
noun
the act or an instance of remitting; specif.,
- forgiveness or pardon, as of sins or crimes
- cancellation of or release from a debt, tax, penalty, etc.
- a lessening or abating, as of heat or cold, pain, etc.
- a relatively prolonged lessening or disappearance of the symptoms of a disease
Etymology: OFr < L remissio, a sending back, in LL(Ec), forgiveness of sin < pp. of remittere: see remit
remission Related Forms
re·mis′·sive adjective
remission Synonyms
remission
n.
remission Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- sin: Now the remission of sins is a blessing not to be missed.
- punishment: Forgiveness for, or remission of the punishment due to, a.
- fee: The ORSAS Awards provide Scholarships for partial remission of tuition fees for overseas research students.
- taxis: What Japan really needs is a national ad valorem duty upon the rental value of all land, with concomitant remission of current taxes.
- sentence: The Prison Act of 1898 allowed local prison inmates to earn remission of sentence.
- debt: The politicians no longer claim that remission of debts is impossible.
Converse of object
- induce: In most patients this can induce long-term remission which can last for many years.
- achieve: Of the three patients who achieved a complete remission, two had evidence of GVHD.
- enter: In Tonbridge, UK, 73 % of patients entered remission 11.
- maintain: Does dietary fish oil maintain the remission of Crohn's disease: a case control study.
Adjective modifier
- spontaneous: There have also been a few similar case histories with adults where they too have had spontaneous remission from AIDS.
- partial: It provides for partial fee remission for students registering for a research degree.
- prolonged: The treatment had caused no side-effects and we were starting to hope for a prolonged remission.
- complete: His cancer has been in complete remission for three years.
- durable: In contrast, interleukin ( IL)-2 produces long-term durable complete remission in a subset of patients.
- sustained: These agents appear able to induce a sustained biochemical remission of disease with associated symptomatic improvement.
Modifies a noun
induction: The rate of remission induction was 60.5 % , with a 48 % rate of subsequent relapse.
Noun used with modifier
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