Defn: The state or quality of being remissible. Jer. Taylor.
REMISSIBLE Re*mis"si*ble (r-ms"s-b'l), a. Etym: [L. remissibilis: cf. F. rémissible. See Remit.]
Defn: Capable of being remitted or forgiven. Feltham.
REMISSION
Re*mis"sion (r-msh"n), n. Etym: [F. rémission, L. remissio. See
Remit.]
1. The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up.
2. Discharge from that which is due; relinquishment of a claim, right, or obligation; pardon of transgression; release from forfeiture, penalty, debt, etc. This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. Matt. xxvi. 28. That ples, therefore, . . . Will gain thee no remission. Milton.
3. Diminution of intensity; abatement; relaxation.
4. (Med.)
Defn: A temporary and incomplete subsidence of the force or violence of a disease or of pain, as destinguished from intermission, in which the disease completely leaves the patient for a time; abatement.
5. The act of sending back. [R.] Stackhouse.