remission

1. A lessening of amount due, as in either money or work, or intensity of a thing.Examples: "That Mr. Carstairs answer all interrogatories that shall be put to him, betwixt and the first of October next, upon his great oath. That which being done, he shall have his majesty's full pardon and remission, for his life, limb, estate, and fame."; "At common law, the criminal was bound to assyth the party whom he had injured; no special statute was necessary to establish a point received and understood; but a doubt might be entertained, how far crimes were not entirely abolished by a remission, so as not only to stop the punishment of the law, but to exclude the claim of damages. To obviate this doubt was the intention of these various statutes, which provide that assythment shall be due, notwithstanding a remission."Synonyms: remitmentcountableuncountable

2. A lessening of amount due, as in either money or work, or intensity of a thing.Examples: "Her cancer was in remission."; "It was always dangerous, though perhaps leſs ſo, than other ſymptoms which was leſs alarming, particularly if it ſuffered increaſe and diminution with the paroxyſms and remiſſions of the diſeaſe."; "When Dr. Willis speaks of relapses, does he mean relapses after a cessation of the disorder, or after a remission of the disorder?—Certainly after a remission, his Majesty's disorder has never ceased."Synonyms: anesis, remittencecountableuncountable

3. An act of remitting, returning, or sending back.Examples: "It was held by the Court of Errors and Appeals that the remission of the case to the trial court for clarification of the verdict was justified, and that the record, as corrected, clearly indicated that the recommendation of life imprisonment should apply only to Rannelli and not to Merra."countableuncountable

4. (spectroscopy) Reflection or back-scattering of light by a material; (to send back)countableuncountable