Read the dictionary definition of remission. All definitions for this word.
1. the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
2. (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
3. an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)
1. his cancer is in remission
4. a payment of money sent to a person in another place