remission

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

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

   “Remiſsion of ſins is giuen to all the elect, and them alone, becauſe it is giuen to them all and alone who beleeue; and none beleeue, but the elect onely; for the reprobate neuer haue true faith and beleefe: therefore they neuer obtaine remiſsion of their ſinnes.”

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

   “In every polysyllabic word, there is a sharpened percussion of the voice on some one of the syllables, and a comparative remission on the rest. This percussion was called by the Greeks the acute accent, and the remission, the grave accent.”

3. isim A reduction or cancellation of the penalty for a criminal offence; in particular, the reduction of a prison sentence as a recognition of the prisoner's good behaviour.

   “That Mr. Carstairs answer all interrogatories that shall be put to him, betwixt and the first of October next, upon his great oath. That which being done, he shall have his majesty's full pardon and remission, for his life, limb, estate, and fame.”

4. isim An abatement or lessening of the manifestations of a disease; a period where the symptoms of a disease are absent.

   “Her cancer was in remission.”

5. isim An act of remitting, returning, or sending back.
6. isim A referral of a case back to another (especially a lower or inferior) court of law; a remand, a remittal.

   “It was held by the Court of Errors and Appeals that the remission of the case to the trial court for clarification of the verdict was justified, and that the record, as corrected, clearly indicated that the recommendation of life imprisonment should apply only to Rannelli and not to Merra.”

7. isim Reflection or back-scattering of light by a material; (to send back)
8. fiil To change the mission of; to provide with a new mission.

   “The Strykers have been remissioned, actually, to a mission of road security that actually takes advantage of the mobility that they provide.”