remission
NOUN
/rɪ'mɪʃən/
9 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH R
remission is a valid 9-letter word worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
R1E1M3I1S1S1I1O1N1
1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =11 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 22TRIPLE WORD → 33
MEANING
What does remission mean?
NOUN · 4 SENSES
1
A payment of money sent to a person in another place.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
2
The act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance.
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3
(law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court).
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BROADER
RELATED
4
An abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease).
“his cancer is in remission”
SYNONYMS
BROADER
NARROWER
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