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Remission

Definitions: Remission

Remission

Noun

1. 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)

Specialty Definitions: Remission

DomainDefinitions

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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Specialty Definition: Remission

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Remission is the state of absence of disease activity in patients with known chonic illness. It is commonly used to refer to absence of active cancer or inflammatory bowel disease.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Remission."

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Synonyms: Remission

Synonyms: absolution (n), remission of sin (n), remit (n), remitment (n), remittal (n), remittance (n), subsidence (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Remission

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Crosswords: Remission

English words defined with "remission": absolve, AcceptilationCessation of armsHoly Yearin remissionLissPlenary indulgenceRecrudescency, remission of sin, Remissory, remit, Remittitur. (references)
Specialty definitions using "remission": 6-Mercaptopurinecomplete remission, criminal investigator, customsGrealmaintenance therapy, manic depressive psychosis, manic depressive reactionpartial remission, postremission therapyRemission Induction, remission induction therapy, remission of a debt, Remission, SpontaneousSPECIAL 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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Commercial Usage: Remission

DomainTitle

Books

  • En Remission Des Peches: Recherches Sur Les Systemes Penitentiels Dans L'Eglise Latine (Collected Studies, Cs450) (reference)

  • Gospel Remission (reference)

  • How to Prevent and Gain Remission from Cancer (reference)

  • Mastering Stress in Child Rearing: Parental Coping Versus Spontaneous Remission (reference)

  • Operation Remission (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

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Photo Album: Remission

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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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Familiar Quotations: Remission

AuthorQuotation

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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Non-Fiction Usage: Remission

SubjectTopicQuote

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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Usage Frequency: Remission

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%32815,879

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Remission

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.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "remission": non-remission.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Remission

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  remission

31

  cancer remission

10

  remission tuition

4

  psoriasis remission

4

  lupus remission

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  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

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Modern Translations: Remission

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 

  

(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

   

Portuguese

  

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)

   

Romanian

  

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)

   

Russian 

  

ремиссия. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

remisija, popuštanje (backdown, give, relaxation, yield), opraštanje (ave, leave taking). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

remisión (decrement, reference, referral, remittal, transfer). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

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)

   

Turkish

  

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)

   

Ukranian 

  

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)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự tha thứ (condonation, forgiveness, pardon, toleration), sự miễn giảm sự thuyên giảm. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Remission

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

indulgentia. (various references)

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Bible Trace: Remission

LanguageDateSourceLuke Chapter 1, Verse 77
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintTou dounai gnwsin swthriaV tw law autou en afesei amartiwn autwn
Latin405VulgateAd dandam scientiam salutis plebi eius in remissionem peccatorum eorum
Old English990West SaxonTo syllenne his folce hys hæle gewit on hyra synna. forgyfnesse;
Middle English1395WyclifTo yyue scyence of helthe to his puple, in to remyssioun of her synnes;
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd to geve knowlege of salvacion vnto his people for the remission of synnes:
Jacobean English1611King JamesTo give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,
Victorian English1833WebsterTo give knowledge of salvation to his people, by the remission of their sins,
Basic English1964OgdenTo give knowledge of salvation to his people, through the forgiveness of sins,

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Matched Bible Translations: Remission

LanguageLuke Chapter 1, Verse 77
Cebuanosa 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 .
Croatianda pružiš spoznaju spasenja narodu njegovu po otpuštenju grijeha njihovih,
Danishfor at give hans Folk Erkendelse af Frelse ved deres Synders Forladelse,
DutchOm Zijn volk kennis der zaligheid te geven, in vergeving hunner zonden,
Finnishantaaksesi hänen kansalleen pelastuksen tuntemisen heidän syntiensä anteeksisaamisessa,
FrenchAfin de donner son peuple la connaissance du salut Par le pardon de ses péchés,
Germanund Erkenntnis des Heils gebest seinem Volk, das da ist in Vergebung ihrer Sünden;
Haitian CreoleOu pral moutre pèp la ki jan l'ap delivre yo, ki jan l'ap padonnen peche yo.
HungarianÉs az üdvösség ismeretére megtanítsad az õ népét, a bûnöknek bocsánatjában.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariuntuk mewartakan kepada umat-Nya bahwa mereka akan diselamatkan, kalau Allah sudah mengampuni dosa-dosa mereka.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lamaakan memberi pengetahuan akan hal selamat kepada kaum-Nya di dalam keampunan dosanya,
Italianper dare al suo popolo la conoscenza della salvezza nella remissione dei suoi peccati,
Manx GaelicDy chur tushtey dy haualtys da e phobble, liorish leih nyn beccaghyn,
MaoriHei whakamatau i tana iwi ki te ora, i o ratou hara e murua ana;
Norwegianfor å lære hans folk frelse å kjenne ved deres synders forlatelse
Portuguesepara dar ao seu povo conhecimento da salvação, na remissão dos seus pecados,   
Rumanianwi sq dai poporului Squ cunowtinya mkntuirii, care stq kn iertarea pqcatelor lui; -
Russian"БФШ ХТБЪХНЕФШ ОБТП"Х еЗП У БУЕОЙЕ Ч ТПЭЕОЙЙ ЗТЕИПЧ ЙИ,
ShuarNi shuari, ni tunaari tsankurnar uwemprarat tusam Túrattame.
Swahilikuwatangazia watu kwamba wataokolewa kwa kuondolewa dhambi zao.
Swedishtill att giva hans folk kunskap om frälsning, i det att deras synder bliva dem förlåtna.
UmaIko mpai' to mpopo'incai ntodea-na ohea bona Alata'ala mpowai' -ra kalompea' pai' mpo'ampungi jeko' -ra.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Remission

Derivations

Words beginning with "remission": remissions. (additional references)


Misspellings

"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).

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Rhyming with "Remission"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "remission" (pronounced rēmi"shun)
5-m i" sh u nacademician, admission, commission, decommission, emission, intermission, mission, omission, permission, retransmission, submission, transmission.
4-i" sh u nabolition, 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 nabbreviation, 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.

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Anagrams: Remission

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.

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Alternative Orthography: Remission


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 65 6D 69 73 73 69 6F 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-.    .    --    ..    ...    ...    ..    ---    -.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01100101 01101101 01101001 01110011 01110011 01101001 01101111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#101 &#109 &#105 &#115 &#115 &#105 &#111 &#110

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)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

527179758585758180

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INDEX

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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