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REMITTAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
Synonyms:
absolution; remission; remission of sin; remittal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("remittal" is a kind of...):
redemption; salvation ((theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "remittal"):
indulgence (the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution)
Holonyms ("remittal" is a part of...):
penance (a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)
Example:
his cancer is in remission
Synonyms:
remission; remittal; subsidence
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("remittal" is a kind of...):
abatement; hiatus; reprieve; respite; suspension (an interruption in the intensity or amount of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "remittal"):
resolution (the subsidence of swelling or other signs of inflammation (especially in a lung))
Derivation:
remit (diminish or abate)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A payment of money sent to a person in another place
Synonyms:
remission; remitment; remittal; remittance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("remittal" is a kind of...):
payment (a sum of money paid or a claim discharged)
Derivation:
remit (send (money) in payment)
