Remission often refers to:
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Forgiveness
Forgiveness, in a psychological sense, is the intentional and voluntary process by which one who may initially feel victimized or wronged, goes through a change in feelings and attitude regarding a given offender, and overcomes the impact of th ...
Remission may also refer to:
Healthcare and science
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Remission (medicine)
Remission is either the reduction or disappearance of the signs and symptoms of a disease. The term may also be used to refer to the period during which this reduction occurs. A remission may be considered a partial remission or a complete remissio ...
, the state of absence of disease activity in patients with a chronic illness, with the possibility of return of disease activity
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Remission (spectroscopy) Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, or diffuse reflection spectroscopy, is a subset of absorption spectroscopy. It is sometimes called remission spectroscopy. Remission is the reflection or back-scattering of light by a material, while transmission ...
, the reflection or scattering of light by a material
Law
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Clemency
A pardon is a government decision to allow a person to be relieved of some or all of the legal consequences resulting from a criminal conviction. A pardon may be granted before or after conviction for the crime, depending on the laws of the ju ...
, the reduction of a prison sentence
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Remand (court procedure)
Remand is when higher courts send cases back to lower courts for further action.
In the law of the United States, appellate courts remand cases to district courts for actions such as a new trial. Federal appellate courts, including the Suprem ...
, legal proceedings by which a case is sent back to a lower court from which it was appealed, with instructions for further proceedings
Music
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''Remission'' (EP), a 1984 extended play record by Skinny Puppy
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''Remission'' (Mastodon album), the debut album by the American metal band Mastodon
See also
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Re-Mission
The ''Re-Mission'' games for young cancer patients were conceived by Pam Omidyar and designed based research by the nonprofit HopeLab Foundation, with direct input from young cancer patients and oncology doctors and nurses, and game developer R ...
'', a 2006 video game for young cancer patients
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Remittance
A remittance is a non-commercial transfer of money by a foreign worker, a member of a diaspora community, or a citizen with familial ties abroad, for household income in their home country or homeland. Money sent home by migrants competes wit ...
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