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remissione

remission, forgiveness

noun reh-mees-SYOH-neh Rare
Body & Health Health & Illness

Origin: From Latin remissio, from remittere (to send back, to release).

Also means

(medical) remission

Usage Note

Remissione covers two main senses: theological or legal (remissione dei peccati — remission of sins; remissione della pena — commutation of sentence) and medical (remissione del tumore — tumour remission). In civil law, remissione del debito means the cancellation of a debt. It is always feminine.

Examples

"Il paziente è in remissione da sei mesi."

Natural Translation

The patient has been in remission for six months.

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