remission
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)
his cancer is in remission
Types & categories
- abatement hypernym
- resolution hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a payment of money sent to a person in another place
Types & categories
- payment hypernym
Related & opposite
- remit derivation
Sense 3 noun
(law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
Types & categories
- referral hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
Types & categories
- redemption hypernym
- indulgence hyponym
Parts & wholes
- penance part holonym
Related & opposite
- absolve derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | subside |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | remit |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | abatement |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | resolution |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | remit |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | payment |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | remand |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | referral |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | absolve |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | penance |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | redemption |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | indulgence |