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REMISSION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
Synonyms:
absolution; remission; remission of sin; remittal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("remission" is a kind of...):
redemption; salvation ((theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "remission"):
indulgence (the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution)
Holonyms ("remission" is a part of...):
penance (a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("remission" is a kind of...):
referral (the act of referring (as forwarding an applicant for employment or referring a matter to an appropriate agency))
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Derivation:
remit (refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)
Example:
his cancer is in remission
Synonyms:
remission; remittal; subsidence
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("remission" is a kind of...):
abatement; hiatus; reprieve; respite; suspension (an interruption in the intensity or amount of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "remission"):
resolution (the subsidence of swelling or other signs of inflammation (especially in a lung))
Derivation:
remit (diminish or abate)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A payment of money sent to a person in another place
Synonyms:
remission; remitment; remittal; remittance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("remission" is a kind of...):
payment (a sum of money paid or a claim discharged)
Context examples:
Some people have long periods of remission, when they are free of symptoms.
(Crohn's Disease, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
Because of the risk of recurrence, patients are monitored for up to 5 years after disease remission.
(Tumor DNA in Blood Reveals Lymphoma Progression, NIH)
A regimen consisting of cytarabine and idarubicin used as both an induction and consolidation (post remission) treatment for acute myeloid leukemia.
(Cytarabine-Idarubicin Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)
A regimen consisting of cytarabine and daunorubicin used as both as induction and consolidation (post remission) treatment for acute myeloid leukemia.
(Cytarabine-Daunorubicin Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)
A regimen consisting of cytarabine and mitoxantrone used as both induction and consolidation (post remission) treatment for acute myeloid leukemia.
(Cytarabine-Mitoxantrone Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)
Remission with remaining lymphoid nodules reflecting residual disease.
(Nodular Partial Response, NCI Thesaurus)
Remission with persistent lymphoid nodules in the bone marrow.
(Nodular Partial Remission, NCI Thesaurus)
The diseases may also have flare-ups, when they get worse, and remissions, when symptoms get better or disappear.
(Autoimmune Diseases, NIH)
In the pediatric age group the complete remission rate is approximately 95% and the disease free survival rate is 70%.
(B Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)
Immunotherapy has led to remarkable results for some patients’ cancers, eradicating difficult-to-treat tumors and, in some cases, causing complete remission of disease.
(Harnessing T-cell “stemness” could enhance cancer immunotherapy, National Institutes of Health)
