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English noun: remittal | |||
| 1. | remittal (possession) a payment of money sent to a person in another place | ||
| Synonyms | remission, remitment, remittance | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | payment | ||
| 2. | remittal (event) an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease) | ||
| Samples | His cancer is in remission. | ||
| Synonyms | remission, subsidence | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | abatement, hiatus, reprieve, respite, suspension | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | resolution | ||
| 3. | remittal (act) the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance | ||
| Synonyms | absolution, remission, remission of sin | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | redemption, salvation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | indulgence | ||
| Part meronym | penance | ||
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