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remission

re·mis·sion

remission

 
pronunciation:
rih mI shn
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part of speech: noun
definition: a lessening or stopping of the symptoms or progress of a disease.
His cancer was in remission.
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derivations: remissive (adj.), remissively (adv.), remissiveness (n.)
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