REMISSIONS Synonyms

• the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced

• the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)

• a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment

• a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense

• the formal act of liberating someone

• grant a pardon to (a group of people)

• good weather with comfortable temperatures

• leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice

• compassionate feelings that support a willingness to forgive

• the act of excusing a mistake or offense

• to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious

• a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances

• the action of lessening in severity or intensity

• the act of excusing a mistake or offense

• a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense

• the formal act of liberating someone

• accept an excuse for

• grant a pardon to

• a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort

• an interruption in the intensity or amount of something

• a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)

• the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment

• postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution

• relieve temporarily

• a payment of money sent to a person in another place

• an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)

• the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance

• a payment of money sent to a person in another place

• (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)

• the condition of being formally forgiven by a priest in the sacrament of penance

• the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance

• the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with

• (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)

• send (money) in payment

• hold back to a later time

• release from (claims, debts, or taxes)

• refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision

• forgive

• make slack as by lessening tension or firmness

• diminish or abate

• a payment of money sent to a person in another place

• an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)

• a gradual sinking to a lower level

• the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it

• the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance