as in forgiveness
release from the guilt or penalty of an offense
the remission of sins
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Recent Examples of remission
While there is no cure for IBD, advances in medical treatments have helped patients improve symptoms, achieve long-term remission, and reduce the risk of complications.
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Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Revenue from the tariffs, estimated at $8 billion before remission, will be directed to Canadian auto workers and affected companies.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
She had originally been diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015 breast but entered remission in 2017, only to be diagnosed with stage 4 in 2020.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Santa Maria Maggiore is one of Rome’s four papal basilicas (along with St. Peter’s, the Lateran, and San Paolo fuori le Mura), and during the Jubilee year their holy doors will remain open so that pilgrims can pass through — a rite associated with remission of sins.
—The New York Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
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Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Revenue from the tariffs, estimated at $8 billion before remission, will be directed to Canadian auto workers and affected companies.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
She had originally been diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015 breast but entered remission in 2017, only to be diagnosed with stage 4 in 2020.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Santa Maria Maggiore is one of Rome’s four papal basilicas (along with St. Peter’s, the Lateran, and San Paolo fuori le Mura), and during the Jubilee year their holy doors will remain open so that pilgrims can pass through — a rite associated with remission of sins.
—The New York Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for remission
Noun
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The Institute of Student Loan Advisors has a database of student loan forgiveness programs by state.—
Annie Nova,
CNBC,
26 Apr. 2025
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Under former President Joe Biden, the Education Department tried multiple times to give broad forgiveness of student loans, only to be stopped by courts.—
Todd Karpovich,
Baltimore Sun,
24 Apr. 2025
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The men who abducted Paiva were indicted by federal prosecutors in 2014—but they have been protected by an amnesty law, passed as the regime was coming to an end, which has effectively kept the country from reckoning with the savagery of military rule.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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This month, though, Mayor Brandon Johnson has announced an amnesty program wherein all of those penalties have been waived.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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Consider the 2006 mass pardon in Italy, in which 40% of all inmates in the country were released from prison all at once.—
Jens Ludwig,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Apr. 2025
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Delo also expressed his gratefulness to Trump for the pardon.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Remission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remission. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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