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Definitions: Remission |
RemissionNoun1. An abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission". 2. A payment of money sent to a person in another place. 3. The act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court). 4. The act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "remission" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
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Health | A decrease in or disappearance of signs and symptoms of cancer. In partial remission, some, but not all, signs and symptoms of cancer have disappeared. In complete remission, all signs and symptoms of cancer have disappeared, although there still may be cancer in the body. (references) |
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Synonyms: RemissionSynonyms: absolution (n), remission of sin (n), remit (n), remitment (n), remittal (n), remittance (n), subsidence (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cessation | Intermission, remission; suspense, suspension; interruption; stop; stopping; Verb: closure, stoppage, halt; arrival. pause, rest, lull, respite, truce, drop; interregnum, abeyance; cloture. |
Forgiveness | Noun: forgiveness, pardon, condonation, grace, remission, absolution, amnesty, oblivion; indulgence; reprieve. |
Laxity | Anarchy, interregnum; relaxation; loosening; Verb: remission; dead letter, brutum fulmen, misrule; license, licentiousness; insubordination; (disobedience); lynch law; (illegality); nihilism, reign of violence. |
Moderation | Moderating; Verb: anaphrodisia; relaxation, remission, mitigation, tranquilization, assuagement, contemporation, pacification. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Remission |
| English words defined with "remission": absolve, Acceptilation ♦ Cessation of arms ♦ Holy Year ♦ in remission ♦ Liss ♦ Plenary indulgence ♦ Recrudescency, remission of sin, Remissory, remit, Remittitur. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "remission": 6-Mercaptopurine ♦ complete remission, criminal investigator, customs ♦ Greal ♦ maintenance therapy, manic depressive psychosis, manic depressive reaction ♦ partial remission, postremission therapy ♦ Remission Induction, remission induction therapy, remission of a debt, Remission, Spontaneous ♦ SPECIAL AGENT, CUSTOMS. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Remission" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (remission), German (remission, remittance). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | A 10 year-old white girl is pictured here with her father in a swimming pool. She was diagnosed at age three with a form of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) that did not respond to therapy. She is presently in long-term remission after an experimental bone marrow transplant was performed. She now suffers from chronic GVH (Graft Versus Host Disease) which is rare.Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). | |
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Denis Leary | Most people think life sucks, and then you die. Not me. I beg to differ. I think life sucks, then you get cancer, then your dog dies, your wife leaves you, the cancer goes into remission, you get a new dog, you get remarried, you owe ten million dollars in medical bills but you work hard for thirty-five years and you pay it back and then -- one day -- you have a massive stroke, your whole right side is paralyzed, you have to limp along the streets and speak out of the left side of your mouth and drool but you go into rehabilitation and regain the power to walk and the power to talk and then -- one day -- you step off a curb at Sixty-seventh Street, and BANG you get hit by a city bus and then you die. Maybe. |
John Calvin | Beyond the bosom of the Church, no remission of sins is to be hoped for nor any salvation. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Spontaneous remission may occur. (references) | |
Early treatment often results in remission. (references) | ||
In a few cases, complete remission occurs after adolescence. (references) | ||
Economic History | Canada | A special duty remission scheme exists for the automotive sector that makes certain benefits contingent on trade performance. (references) |
Kenya | There is also a general Duty Remission Scheme administered by the Export Promotion Programs Office in the Ministry of Finance. (references) | |
Kenya | Kenya's liberalized economy and the country's constitutional guarantee of investment protection provide incentives to invest, as do tax and investment incentives such as investment allowance, duty remission, and tax exemptions in the country's export processing zones. (references) | |
Human Rights | Solomon Islands | It regularly criticized practices such as remission of taxes and custom duties for associates of high-ranking government officials. (references) |
Political Economy | BOLIVIA | The 1990 Investment Law guarantees, inter alia, the free remission of profits, the freedom to set prices, and full convertibility of currency. (references) |
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| "Remission" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Remission" is used about 328 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 328 | 15,879 |
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Expressions using "remission": complete remission ♦ in remission ♦ interest remission ♦ partial remission ♦ remission from a debt ♦ Remission Induction ♦ remission induction therapy ♦ remission of a debt ♦ remission of debts ♦ remission of sentence ♦ remission of sin ♦ remission of sins. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "remission": non-remission. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
remission | 31 |
cancer remission | 10 |
remission tuition | 4 |
psoriasis remission | 4 |
lupus remission | 4 |
cancer lung remission | 3 |
parkinson remission | 3 |
bipolar disorder remission | 3 |
breast cancer remission | 3 |
leukemia remission | 2 |
mastodon remission | 2 |
cancer remission spontaneous | 2 |
c hepatitis remission | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "remission"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shlyerje (discharge, expiation, satisfaction, settlement), ndjesë (forgiveness, mercy, pardon), lehtësim (attenuation, easement, extenuation, facilitation, mitigation, palliation, relaxation, release, relief, softening, solace), falje (absolution, amnesty, excuse, forgiveness, mercy, pardon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | هدوء (calm, calmness, composure, countenance, dispassion, ease, philosophy, placidity, quiescence, quiet, quietness, quietude, silence, still, stillness, tranquility, tranquillity), غفران (absolution, indulgence, pardon), تقليص (constriction, contraction, curtailment, decrease, diminishing, reducing), تخفيف (alleviation, attenuation, dilution, easement, extenuation, mitigation, reduction), سكون (calmness, easement, hush, inactivity, placidity, quiescence, quiet, quietude, repose, rest, sedation, sleep, still, stillness, tranquillity), عفو (forgave, forgiveness, pardon), صفح (amnesty, condone, excuse, forgive, forgiveness, laminate, pardon, plate), بجميع معانيه. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | освобождаване (delivery, discharge, disengagement, disentanglement, dismission, dispensation, disposal, emancipation, enfranchisement, exemption, extrication, immunity, liberation, rescue, vacation), отказване (abnegation, back track, backtrack, denial, disavowal, disclamation, recantation, relinquishment, remise, renouncement, renunciation, repudiation, retractation), опрощение (forgiveness, indulgence, pardon), опрощаване (condonation, forgiveness, indulgence), прошка (forgiveness, pardon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 宽恕 (Remitted, Remitting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | prominutí (condonation, pardon), polevení (deterioration, let up), odpuštìní (forgiveness, pardon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | remission, social helbredelse (social healing), lempelse (abatement, easing, release, relief). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | remissie, tijdelijke vermindering of verdwijning van ziektever schijnselen, ontheffing (abatement, release, relief), kwijtschelding. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | گذشت (Amnesty, Pardon), تخفیف (Discount, Rebate, Refraction, Relaxation, Slake), عفو, امرزش (Pardon), بهبودی بیماری , بخشش (Beneficence, Boon, Bounty, Generosity, Gift, Grace, Grant, Magneficence, Mercy, Munificence, Pardon, Pity, Profusion, Release). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | helpotus (abatement, alleviation, reduction, release, relief). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | remise (rebate, remittance, reset). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Vergebung (absolution, forgiveness, pardon), Remission (remittance), Gebührenbefreiung. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | έκπτωση φόρου (abatement, release, relief), συγχώρηση (condonation, excuse, forgiveness, pardon), φορολογική έκπτωση (abatement, release, relief), ελάττωση (abatement, cut, decline, decrease, decrement, deepening, diminution, fall-off, impairment, reduction, wane), άφεση (absolution, discharge, dispensation, remittal, shrift, unlatching, unlocking), απαλλαγή (absolution, acquitance, acquittal, deliverance, dispensation, exemption, extrication, quietus, releasement, riddance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "שמט" (deletion, exception, omission, oversight, skip), "פחת" (abatement, detraction, diminution, reduction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | megbocsátás (condonation, forgiveness, grace, leniency, pardon), csökkenés (abatement, attenuation, decline, decrease, diminution, droop, easement, go down, lessening, letdown, loss, reduce, reduction, shrinkage, shrinking, subsidence, waste), bocsánat (apology, as you were!, excuse me, forgiveness, pardon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pengampunan (amnesty, clemency, condonation, mercy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | remissione (acquittance, deduction, forgiveness, reduction, reissue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 赦免 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しゃめ" (bevel, slanting surface, slope). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 면 (Exempting, Immunities, immunity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | pardoonys, pardoon (condonation, grace, pardon), maihys (remittal), maih (forgiveness), lhiggey lesh (abandon, abandonment, comply, concede, concession, connivance, connive, forbear, humour, indulge, indulgence, loosen, loosening, part with, spare, yield), lhiggey (act, act pretend, allow, broach, delay, discharge, fire, firing, go off, heave, ignore, let, let down, let off, letting, level, loose, permission, permit, pierce, shoot, shoot up, shooting, slip, suffer, water pipe), leodaghey (decrease, degrade, depreciate, detract, diminish, diminution; detractor; cheap, diminution; detractor; cheap morally, dislike, disparage, disparagement, disrespect, drop, dull; reduction, impair, impairment, mitigate, mitigation, offset, reduce, subtract, undervalue), leihys (pardon), leih (absolution, absolve, excuse, forgive, forgiveness, forgiving, pardon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | emissionray restabelecimento social (social healing), remissão (amortization, forgiveness, Lett, redemption, repayment, retirement), remissão, redução (curtailment, cutback, gearing, reduction, restriction, retrenchment, setting, shrinkage, sinking, stepping down), perdão (absolution, condonation, forgiveness, I beg your pardon, let off, pardon, partial remission), diminuição (abatement, abridgement, abridgment, cutback, decrease, decrement, depletion, derogation, diminution, dissipation, fall-off, impairment, reduction, release, retrenchment, shrinkage, sinking, wane), cura social (social healing), afrouxamento (lag, relaxation), abatimento (abasement, abatement, chill, collapse, damp, dejection, depression, despondency, discount, doldrums, drawback, droop, dropping, enervation, heaviness, languor, leeway, mope, prostration, rebate, reduction, release, relief, sag, sagging, settlement, slumping, small landslide, stress, subsidence, weekness). (various references) reducere a unei datorii, scutire (absolution, acquittal, discharge, disengagement, exemption, release, relief, saving, sparing), scãdere (abstraction, decline, decrease, deduction, defect, deficiency, degression, derogation, diminution, drawback, drop, fall, lessening, reduction, shortcoming, subtraction), iertare a pãcatelor, iertare (absolution, acquittal, apology, condonation, excuse, forgiveness, forgiving, grace, mercy, pardon, remise, remitment, sparing), atenuare (abatement, attenuation, dilution, extenuation). (various references) ремиссия. (various references) remisija, popuštanje (backdown, give, relaxation, yield), opraštanje (ave, leave taking). (various references) remisión (decrement, reference, referral, remittal, transfer). (various references) reduktion (abatement, reduction, release, relief), straffeftergift, minskning (abatement, curtailment, cut, decline, decrease, decrement, degression, diminution, drop off, fall, lapse, letdown, letup, reduction, shrinkage, tail off, tailpiece, wane, wastage), förlåtelse (absolution, forgiveness, pardon), eftergift (compromise, concession). (various references) vazgeçme (abandonment, abnegation, backdown, cession, disclaimer, discontinuance, discontinuation, discouragement, dispensation, never say die, recantation, relinquishment, remise, renunciation, resignation, surrender, waiver, withdrawal), hafifletme (appeasement, commutation, extenuation, lightening, mitigation, modulation, palliation, relaxation, relief), hafifleme (alleviation, becoming lighter, slowing down, subsidence), feragat (abnegation, demise, disclaimer, release, relinquishment, remise, renunciation, resignation, self denial, surrender, waiver), bağışlama (act of grace, donation, endowment, giving, largess, largesse, pardon, quarter), azalma (abatement, alleviation, attenuation, decline, decrease, decrement, degradation, diminution, drop, falling away, falling off, impairment, let up, letdown, reduce, reduction, scale down, shortening, subsidence, wane), af (absolution, act of grace, amnesty, dismissal, excusing, forgiveness, forgiving, mercy, oblivion, pardon). (various references) ремісія, звільнення (acquittal, acquittance, affranchisement, amendment, bounce, deliverance, disengagement, dismissal, dismission, ejection, emancipation, enfranchisement, enlargement, exemption, exoneration, freedom, immunity, liberation, push, quit, quittance, release, remittal), пробачення (excuse, extenuation, pardon), полегшання (facilitation). (various references) sự tha thứ (condonation, forgiveness, pardon, toleration), sự miễn giảm sự thuyên giảm. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | indulgentia. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 1, Verse 77 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Tou dounai gnwsin swthriaV tw law autou en afesei amartiwn autwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ad dandam scientiam salutis plebi eius in remissionem peccatorum eorum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | To syllenne his folce hys hæle gewit on hyra synna. forgyfnesse; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | To yyue scyence of helthe to his puple, in to remyssioun of her synnes; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And to geve knowlege of salvacion vnto his people for the remission of synnes: |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins, |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | To give knowledge of salvation to his people, by the remission of their sins, |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | To give knowledge of salvation to his people, through the forgiveness of sins, |
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| Language | Luke Chapter 1, Verse 77 |
| Cebuano | sa paghatag ngadto sa iyang katawhan sa kahibalo mahitungod sa kaluwasan diha sa kapasayloan sa ilang mga sala, |
| Chinese | 叫 他 的 百 " 罪 得 赦 、 就 知 " 救 恩 . |
| Croatian | da pružiš spoznaju spasenja narodu njegovu po otpuštenju grijeha njihovih, |
| Danish | for at give hans Folk Erkendelse af Frelse ved deres Synders Forladelse, |
| Dutch | Om Zijn volk kennis der zaligheid te geven, in vergeving hunner zonden, |
| Finnish | antaaksesi hänen kansalleen pelastuksen tuntemisen heidän syntiensä anteeksisaamisessa, |
| French | Afin de donner son peuple la connaissance du salut Par le pardon de ses péchés, |
| German | und Erkenntnis des Heils gebest seinem Volk, das da ist in Vergebung ihrer Sünden; |
| Haitian Creole | Ou pral moutre pèp la ki jan l'ap delivre yo, ki jan l'ap padonnen peche yo. |
| Hungarian | És az üdvösség ismeretére megtanítsad az õ népét, a bûnöknek bocsánatjában. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | untuk mewartakan kepada umat-Nya bahwa mereka akan diselamatkan, kalau Allah sudah mengampuni dosa-dosa mereka. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | akan memberi pengetahuan akan hal selamat kepada kaum-Nya di dalam keampunan dosanya, |
| Italian | per dare al suo popolo la conoscenza della salvezza nella remissione dei suoi peccati, |
| Manx Gaelic | Dy chur tushtey dy haualtys da e phobble, liorish leih nyn beccaghyn, |
| Maori | Hei whakamatau i tana iwi ki te ora, i o ratou hara e murua ana; |
| Norwegian | for å lære hans folk frelse å kjenne ved deres synders forlatelse |
| Portuguese | para dar ao seu povo conhecimento da salvação, na remissão dos seus pecados, |
| Rumanian | wi sq dai poporului Squ cunowtinya mkntuirii, care stq kn iertarea pqcatelor lui; - |
| Russian | "БФШ ХТБЪХНЕФШ ОБТП"Х еЗП У БУЕОЙЕ Ч ТПЭЕОЙЙ ЗТЕИПЧ ЙИ, |
| Shuar | Ni shuari, ni tunaari tsankurnar uwemprarat tusam Túrattame. |
| Swahili | kuwatangazia watu kwamba wataokolewa kwa kuondolewa dhambi zao. |
| Swedish | till att giva hans folk kunskap om frälsning, i det att deras synder bliva dem förlåtna. |
| Uma | Iko mpai' to mpopo'incai ntodea-na ohea bona Alata'ala mpowai' -ra kalompea' pai' mpo'ampungi jeko' -ra. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "remission": remissions. (additional references) | |
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"Remission" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ermessen, reimmersion, remisson, renascian, Renilson, Renison, Rumessen. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "remission" (pronounced rēmi"shun) |
| 5 | -m i" sh u n | academician, admission, commission, decommission, emission, intermission, mission, omission, permission, retransmission, submission, transmission. |
| 4 | -i" sh u n | abolition, acquisition, addition, admonition, ambition, ammunition, apparition, attrition, audition, clinician, coalition, cognition, competition, composition, condition, contrition, decomposition, definition, demolition, dentition, deposition, dietitian, disposition, edition, electrician, erudition, exhibition, expedition, exposition, extradition, fission, fruition, geriatrician, ignition, imposition, inhibition, inquisition, intuition, juxtaposition, logician, magician, malnutrition, mathematician, mortician, munition, musician, nutrition, obstetrician, opposition, optician, partition, patrician, pediatrician, petition, physician, politician, position, precondition, predisposition, preignition, premonition, presupposition, prohibition, proposition, recognition, recondition, redefinition, reimposition, rendition, repetition, reposition, requisition, rhetorician, sedition, statistician, superstition, supposition, suspicion, tactician, technician, theoretician, titian, tradition, transition, tuition, volition. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, auction, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, lotion, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstruction, occupation, ocean, operation, oppression, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, passion, pasteurization, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, predestination, prediction, predilection, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, replication, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, suppression, suspension, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, titillation, toleration, traction, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: missioner. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-i-m-n-o-r-s-s" | |
-1 letter: emission, miriness, riminess, simonies. | |
-2 letters: eonisms, ionises, ironies, isomers, meiosis, merinos, merisis, mission, mossier, noisier, seniors, sermons, sonsier. | |
-3 letters: enosis, eonism, eosins, essoin, imines, ionise, irises, irones, isomer, merino, mesons, miners, minors, mioses, miosis, misers, moires, monies, mosser, niseis, noesis, noises, nosier, osiers, ossein, remiss, resins, rimose, rinses, rosins, seisin, seisor, senior, senors. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-i-m-n-o-r-s-s" | |
+1 letter: heroinisms, immersions, impression, misorients, missioners, permission, reemission, remissions. | |
+2 letters: foreignisms, impressions, iridosmines, minicourses, ministrokes, misjoinders, missionizer, parsimonies, permissions, readmission, reemissions, revisionism. | |
+3 letters: ambiversions, commissioner, creationisms, disharmonies, disseminator, hemosiderins, imprecisions, inseminators, intermission, miscreations, missionaries, missionizers, neuroticisms, nitrosamines, orientalisms, preadmission, readmissions, recommission, regionalisms, reimpression, resubmission, revisionisms, romanticises, seminiferous. | |
+4 letters: commissioners, consumeristic, disharmonizes, disseminators, endometriosis, expressionism, generalissimo, imperiousness, impressionism, impressionist, imprisonments, intermissions, mifepristones, millionairess, mineralogists, misanthropies, misconceivers, misdirections, misimpression, monstrosities, necrophilisms, nonpermissive, operationisms, preadmissions, pretermission, recommissions, reductionisms, reimpositions, reimpressions, resubmissions, risorgimentos, sensitometric, superimposing, tensiometries, tumorigenesis. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 6D 69 73 73 69 6F 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . -- .. ... ... .. --- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01101101 01101001 01110011 01110011 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e m i s s i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 006D 0069 0073 0073 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)527179758585758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Translations: Ancient | 13. Bible Trace 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Orthography 18. Bibliography |
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