REMISSION

n. 1 forgiveness, pardon, deliverance, amnesty, reprieve, exoneration, release, absolution, exculpation, indulgence, excuse, exemption, acquittal As we were granted remission of our crimes, we were freed 2 diminution, abatement, decrease, lessening, subsidence, alleviation, mitigation, assuagement, ebbing, relaxation, easing Remission of the disease may occur, but most sufferers deteriorate rapidly