remission

C2+ Topic:Health & Medicine

US /rɪˈmɪʃən/ UK /rɪˈmɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a temporary lessening of disease or the cancellation of a debt

Her cancer went into remission after treatment.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a temporary lessening of... abatement reprieve respitecancellationpardon reduction

Opposites

aggravation relapse

Word family

Related forms remit remittanceremissive

Etymology

From Latin remissio ('a sending back, relaxation'), from remittere ('to send back, slacken'), from re- ('back') + mittere ('to send').

remissio Latin remittere Latin mittere Latin

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Topics

Health & Medicine Word Formation & Derivatives

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# remission

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /rɪˈmɪʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /rɪˈmɪʃən/

## Meanings
1. a temporary lessening of disease or the cancellation of a debt

## Examples
- Her cancer went into remission after treatment.

## Synonyms
- abatement
- reprieve
- respite
- cancellation
- pardon
- reduction

## Antonyms
- aggravation
- relapse

## Related Forms
- remit
- remittance
- remissive

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: remissio
- Root: remittere
- Root: mittere - to send

## Etymology
From Latin remissio ('a sending back, relaxation'), from remittere ('to send back, slacken'), from re- ('back') + mittere ('to send').

## AI Etymology
Remission comes from Latin remissio ('a sending back, relaxation'), from remittere ('to send back, slacken'), from re- ('back') + mittere ('to send'). The historical chain includes Latin remissio, Latin remittere, and Latin mittere. The quoted older senses, "a sending back, relaxation", "to send back, slacken", "back", and "to send", supply the semantic anchors for remission. The formation is best read as compound and borrowed: the word remission carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "a temporary lessening of disease or the cancellation of a debt". Related English forms include remit, remittance, and remissive. The result is a noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Health & Medicine
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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