Plural of remission

Forms of remission

Remissions in a sentence

• Yet again, in true general paralysis, remissions occur, and in these remissions most of the pupillary symptoms disappear, to return with the onset of fresh activity of the disease.1902 July, T. P. Cowen, “Pupillary Symptoms in the Insane, and Their Import”, in Henry Rayner, A. R. Urquhart, Conolly Norman, editors, The...
• The quasi-death of insanity with its small periodic remissions, its deviations into good sense, even into brilliant insight, was almost more cruel really than outright death.1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 18. From the entry quasi-

Meaning of remission

1. noun A pardon of a sin; (chiefly historical, also figuratively) the forgiveness of an offence, or relinquishment of a (legal) claim or a debt.
2. noun A lessening of amount due, as in either money or work, or intensity of a thing.
3. noun A reduction or cancellation of the penalty for a criminal offence; in particular, the reduction of a prison sentence as a recognition of the prisoner's good behaviour.

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Questions about the plural of remission

What is the plural of remission?

The plural of remission is remissions.

Is remission countable?

Remission is a countable and uncountable noun.