Remission Common

an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)

"his cancer is in remission"

a payment of money sent to a person in another place

"The nurse helped her grandmother set up a secure account for the remission she was receiving from her son overseas."

(law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)

"The judge ruled that the state would grant a remission, sending the tax evasion case back to federal authorities for trial."

the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance

"The elderly nun knelt before the altar, humbly requesting the priest's solemn declaration of remission for her confessed sins."

A pardon of a sin; (chiefly historical, also figuratively) the forgiveness of an offence, or relinquishment of a (legal) claim or a debt.

"After years of hiding his crime, the thief finally sought remission from the king to have his legal claims against him erased without punishment."