remission

noun

1. 1

   the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance

2. 2

   (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)

3. 3

   an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)

   his cancer is in remission

4. 4

   a payment of money sent to a person in another place