remission
noun /rɪˈmɪʃn/
  /rɪˈmɪʃn/
 [uncountable, countable]- a period during which a serious illness improves for a time and the patient seems to get better
- in remission The patient has been in remission for the past six months.
 - The symptoms reappeared after only a short remission.
 - a period of remission
 
 - (British English) a reduction in the amount of time somebody spends in prison, especially because they have behaved well
- With remission for good behaviour, he could be out by the end of the year.
 - She has been granted a remission of sentence.
 - He lost two months’ remission after he attacked another prisoner.
 
WordfinderTopics Crime and punishmentc2- cell
 - death row
 - discharge
 - justice
 - parole
 - prison
 - probation
 - remission
 - sentence
 - warder
 
 - (formal) an act of reducing or cancelling the amount of money that somebody has to pay
- New businesses may qualify for tax remission.
 - There is a partial remission of fees for overseas students.
 
 
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, or from Latin remissio(n-), from remittere ‘send back, restore’, from re- ‘back’ + mittere ‘send’.