Definition of "remission" in English

noun

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

2. A lessening of amount due, as in either money or work, or intensity of a thing.

3. An act of remitting, returning, or sending back.

4. (spectroscopy) Reflection or back-scattering of light by a material; (to send back)

verb

1. (transitive) To change the mission of; to provide with a new mission.