remission of sin

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remission of sin - the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penanceabsolution, remittal, remissionredemption, salvation - (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evilindulgence - the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution; "in the Middle Ages the unrestricted sale of indulgences by pardoners became a widespread abuse"penance - a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution