Re-mis'sion, n.

(-mĭsh'un), n. [Fr. rémission, Pr. remissio, Sp. remision, It. remissione, Lat. remissio, from remittere, remissum. See REMIT.

1. The act of remitting, surrendering, or giving up; diminution of intensity; abatement; renunciation; relaxation.
2. Especially, discharge from that which is due; relinquishment of a claim, right, or obligation; pardon of transgression.

That plea, therefore, Will gain thee no remission.                                                        Milton. 3. (Med.) A temporary subsidence of the force or violence of a disease or of pain, as distinguished from intermission, in which the disease leaves the patient entirely for a time; abatement.