| NOUN | possession | remittal, remittance, remission, remitment | a payment of money sent to a person in another place |
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| event | remittal, remission, subsidence | an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease) | |
| act | remittal, absolution, remission, remission of sin | the act of absolving or remitting |
| Meaning | A payment of money sent to a person in another place. | |
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| Synonyms | remittance, remission, remitment | |
| Broader | payment | A sum of money paid or a claim discharged |
| Spanish | envío, giro, remesa, remisión | |
| Catalan | remesa, tramesa | |
| Verbs | remit | send (money) in payment |
| Meaning | An abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease). | |
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| Synonyms | remission, subsidence | |
| Narrower | resolution | The subsidence of swelling or other signs of inflammation (especially in a lung) |
| Broader | suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement | An interruption in the intensity or amount of something |
| Spanish | apaciguamiento | |
| Catalan | apavaigament | |
| Verbs | remit | diminish or abate |
| Meaning | The act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance. | |
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| Synonyms | absolution, remission, remission of sin | |
| Part of | penance | A Catholic sacrament |
| Narrower | indulgence | The remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution |
| Broader | redemption, salvation | (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil / evil |
| Spanish | absolución | |
| Catalan | absolució | |
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