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remittal
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun remittal has 3 senses
- remittal(n = noun.possession) remission, remitment, remittance - a payment of money sent to a person in another place; Array is a kind of payment
- remittal(n = noun.event) remission, subsidence - an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission" is a kind of abatement, hiatus, reprieve, respite, suspension
- remittal(n = noun.act) absolution, remission, remission of sin - the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance; Array is a kind of redemption, salvation
Derived form verb remit1
has particulars: resolution
Derived form verb remit7
has particulars: indulgence
is a part of penance
CIDE DICTIONARY
remittal, n.
A remitting; a giving up; surrender; as, the remittal of the first fruits. Swift. [1913 Webster]
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