Definition of remission in English:

remission

noun rɪˈmɪʃ(ə)nrəˈmɪʃ(ə)n

mass noun

1The cancellation of a debt, charge, or penalty.
the scheme allows for the partial remission of tuition fees
Example sentencesExamples
- It would be monstrous if, having paid such a bill by direct payment instead of by the remission of funds to the bank (the acceptor), the customer could bring an action to enforce the bills against the bank.
- The total, shared cost after tax remission was 317,107 [pounds sterling].
- Both current and new students will benefit from the program, but if students switch programmes or fail to graduate, their loans will not be eligible for remission.
- In October 1956 he announced a plan for national development that had at its core a special incentive to encourage exports by a 50 per cent remission of tax on profits derived from increased exports.
- One way to balance this is to consider joining a faculty that has dependent tuition remission.
- Students with family incomes of less than £31, 230 are eligible to receive partial fee remission from the government on a sliding scale.
- The party has also stressed the need for preparing a strong case for the remission of interest on agricultural loans.
- Taxpayers, to the tune of £1.15 bn per annum, will fund the additional support for students, which include fee remission and larger loan values.
- This is evident when they propose to narrowly restrict eligibility for Third World debt remission so as not to offend the bankers of the West.
- Where graduate students do not receive benefits and/or tuition remission, these goals should also be pursued.
- Successful candidates receive free tuition in two instruments in addition to a 50% fee remission.
- The emperor Julian, we are told, refused the traditional remission of tax arrears on the express ground that ‘this profited only the wealthy’, while the poor had to pay on the dot.
Synonyms
cancellation, setting aside, suspension, revocation, repeal, rescinding, abrogation
1. 1.1British The reduction of a prison sentence, especially as a reward for good behaviour.
  for every two days they work the prisoners earn one day's remission of their sentence
  Example sentencesExamples
  It was also noted that none of the prisoners had any private law right which he could have pursued, since remission of sentence was not a right but an indulgence.
  It is an administrative act that returns him to prison and the impact of it is that unless he is re-released to parole, at this point he will do the full seven years without remission.
  For one thing remission for good behaviour was one third of the sentence.
  Stiffer sentences should be handed down and a mechanism should be introduced where remission of a percentage of the prison sentence could be attached to the recovery of funds.
  In this she looked at letters of remission in which people in sixteenth-century France begged to be pardoned after having been found guilty of capital crimes.
  The offenders' liberty, in the absence of sentence remission, would actually be restricted for a longer period than if incarcerated.
  In a case the state had granted remission on the ground that the accused was implicated in a false case even when his sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court.
  And it came as a pleasant surprise for all the 59 prisoners, 29 of them lifers, who were released from the Central Jail on Sunday after remission of their remaining term.
  He has apparently been offered remission of his present sentence and immunity from further prosecution if he testifies.
  Their penalties included forfeiture of the potential remission of sentence otherwise available to them.
  There are much tighter restrictions on the administrative capacity of prison authorities to grant either some remission of the length of a sentence or to provide release.
  Judicial sources indicated that he would be returned to Ireland within two and a half years since a third of all sentences are subject to remission and time already in custody is taken into account.
  He said Mackay could end up serving 21 months with remission for good behaviour.
  If I was in Indian jails I would have by this time earned much remission, could have sent more letters home, got visits.
  Inadequacy of reasons should not lead to remission if the court may confidently reach its own decision on the merits.
  The Crown argued that the phrase ‘I have done the lot’ was slang for the removal of all remission of sentence resulting in a requirement to serve a full custodial term.
  In Greenfield the Court of Appeal held that a decision that a prisoner should lose remission because he failed a mandatory drugs test was not a decision upon a criminal charge.
  By volunteering to go, prisoners would win a remission of sentence and efface the stigma of jail.
  There are free pardons, there are conditional pardons, there is the remission of sentence, there are a range of options.
  Synonyms
  reduction in sentence, reduced sentence
  allowance, deduction
2. 1.2formal Forgiveness of sins.
  Example sentencesExamples
  We remember that John the Baptist preached a baptism of repentance for the remission of sin.
  The individual benefits by remission of sins and spiritual training, but a prime purpose is to strengthen the solidarity of the Muslim community.
  If his right to grant remission in such cases were despised, the guilt would remain entirely unforgiven.
  Infants, because they lacked a will developed enough to choose evil, need not be baptized for the remission of sins they had never committed.
  There will be absolution and remission of sins for all who die in the service of Christ.
  But the believing church, from the beginning and through now and through the ages, believes that Jesus Christ is the very son of God, that He's a savior whom God sent to shed His blood for the remission of our sins.
  The armed pilgrimage had not lost its allure, nor the promise of remission of sins.
  No one is sure that his own contrition is sincere; much less that he has attained full remission.
  She also included characters to lecture on the Presbyterian and Methodist arguments for the practice as well as a ‘Campbellite’ to testify to baptism for the remission of sins.
  Perhaps as a moralizing subtext, Alexander piped in a recording of a monastic chant of Psalm 51, a prayer for the remission of sins.
  Third, we pray to obtain from him the forgiveness of our sins and the remission of their punishment.
  An indulgence was a papal document that granted the buyer remission from the need to do penance for his sins.
  Without the shedding of the blood of Jesus there could have been no remission of sin.
  Synonyms
  forgiveness, pardoning, absolution, exoneration, exculpation
  historical indulgence
2A temporary diminution of the severity of disease or pain.
ten patients remained in remission
Example sentencesExamples
- Two of the five patients sustained complete remission of symptoms for more than a year prior to the study.
- Treatment for ulcerative colitis seeks to improve quality of life by inducing and maintaining remission of symptoms and inflammation.
- Spontaneous remissions often occur within twelve months, but many patients continue to have symptoms for years.
- The authors conclude that methotrexate is safe and effective for maintaining remission in patients with Crohn's disease.
- The patient was considered to have a partial remission and was monitored.
- At this dosage, 80 percent of patients will experience clinical remission or improvement within four weeks.
- No single therapy has been proven effective at achieving complete remission in every patient.
- She'd been in remission for three months now and so far things were looking good.
- In both studies, bright light was superior to the placebo condition in producing clinical remissions.
- Spontaneous remission occurs in approximately two thirds of these patients.
- Clinicians and their patients need evidence based treatment strategies that produce complete sustained remissions and improve quality of life.
- The patient had not yet achieved complete remission at the time of this report.
- She has now been in remission for 16 months.
- His achievement is more remarkable as he is in remission from chronic myeloid leukaemia.
- She had been in remission for five years and it was coming back.
- Pituitary irradiation can induce remission of disease in more than one half of patients with recurrence after surgery.
- The medical complications of bulimia, however, are considerable and can persist long after clinical remission is achieved.
- For most patients partial remission of symptoms is the best that they can hope for.
- The disease was in remission for eighteen months but reappeared in January.
- However, the patient experienced a partial remission, whereas previous chemotherapy treatments alone had had no effect.
Synonyms
respite, abeyance
diminution of intensity, diminution of severity, period of temporary recovery

Derivatives

remissive

adjective

Origin

Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin remissio(n-), from remittere 'send back, restore' (see remit).

Definition of remission in US English:

remission

nounrəˈmɪʃ(ə)nrəˈmiSH(ə)n

1The cancellation of a debt, charge, or penalty.
the plan allows for the partial remission of tuition fees
Example sentencesExamples
- The total, shared cost after tax remission was 317,107 [pounds sterling].
- In October 1956 he announced a plan for national development that had at its core a special incentive to encourage exports by a 50 per cent remission of tax on profits derived from increased exports.
- The emperor Julian, we are told, refused the traditional remission of tax arrears on the express ground that ‘this profited only the wealthy’, while the poor had to pay on the dot.
- Both current and new students will benefit from the program, but if students switch programmes or fail to graduate, their loans will not be eligible for remission.
- One way to balance this is to consider joining a faculty that has dependent tuition remission.
- Taxpayers, to the tune of £1.15 bn per annum, will fund the additional support for students, which include fee remission and larger loan values.
- Successful candidates receive free tuition in two instruments in addition to a 50% fee remission.
- This is evident when they propose to narrowly restrict eligibility for Third World debt remission so as not to offend the bankers of the West.
- The party has also stressed the need for preparing a strong case for the remission of interest on agricultural loans.
- Students with family incomes of less than £31, 230 are eligible to receive partial fee remission from the government on a sliding scale.
- Where graduate students do not receive benefits and/or tuition remission, these goals should also be pursued.
- It would be monstrous if, having paid such a bill by direct payment instead of by the remission of funds to the bank (the acceptor), the customer could bring an action to enforce the bills against the bank.
Synonyms
cancellation, setting aside, suspension, revocation, repeal, rescinding, abrogation
1. 1.1 A diminution of the seriousness or intensity of disease or pain; a temporary recovery.
  ten out of twenty patients remained in remission
  Example sentencesExamples
  Treatment for ulcerative colitis seeks to improve quality of life by inducing and maintaining remission of symptoms and inflammation.
  Spontaneous remission occurs in approximately two thirds of these patients.
  The patient was considered to have a partial remission and was monitored.
  Spontaneous remissions often occur within twelve months, but many patients continue to have symptoms for years.
  The disease was in remission for eighteen months but reappeared in January.
  Two of the five patients sustained complete remission of symptoms for more than a year prior to the study.
  No single therapy has been proven effective at achieving complete remission in every patient.
  The medical complications of bulimia, however, are considerable and can persist long after clinical remission is achieved.
  For most patients partial remission of symptoms is the best that they can hope for.
  She'd been in remission for three months now and so far things were looking good.
  Clinicians and their patients need evidence based treatment strategies that produce complete sustained remissions and improve quality of life.
  In both studies, bright light was superior to the placebo condition in producing clinical remissions.
  At this dosage, 80 percent of patients will experience clinical remission or improvement within four weeks.
  She has now been in remission for 16 months.
  However, the patient experienced a partial remission, whereas previous chemotherapy treatments alone had had no effect.
  The authors conclude that methotrexate is safe and effective for maintaining remission in patients with Crohn's disease.
  His achievement is more remarkable as he is in remission from chronic myeloid leukaemia.
  The patient had not yet achieved complete remission at the time of this report.
  Pituitary irradiation can induce remission of disease in more than one half of patients with recurrence after surgery.
  She had been in remission for five years and it was coming back.
  Synonyms
  respite, abeyance
2. 1.2formal Forgiveness of sins.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Third, we pray to obtain from him the forgiveness of our sins and the remission of their punishment.
  No one is sure that his own contrition is sincere; much less that he has attained full remission.
  We remember that John the Baptist preached a baptism of repentance for the remission of sin.
  Without the shedding of the blood of Jesus there could have been no remission of sin.
  The armed pilgrimage had not lost its allure, nor the promise of remission of sins.
  But the believing church, from the beginning and through now and through the ages, believes that Jesus Christ is the very son of God, that He's a savior whom God sent to shed His blood for the remission of our sins.
  Infants, because they lacked a will developed enough to choose evil, need not be baptized for the remission of sins they had never committed.
  She also included characters to lecture on the Presbyterian and Methodist arguments for the practice as well as a ‘Campbellite’ to testify to baptism for the remission of sins.
  There will be absolution and remission of sins for all who die in the service of Christ.
  The individual benefits by remission of sins and spiritual training, but a prime purpose is to strengthen the solidarity of the Muslim community.
  An indulgence was a papal document that granted the buyer remission from the need to do penance for his sins.
  Perhaps as a moralizing subtext, Alexander piped in a recording of a monastic chant of Psalm 51, a prayer for the remission of sins.
  If his right to grant remission in such cases were despised, the guilt would remain entirely unforgiven.
  Synonyms
  forgiveness, pardoning, absolution, exoneration, exculpation
3. 1.3British The reduction of a prison sentence, especially as a reward for good behavior.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Their penalties included forfeiture of the potential remission of sentence otherwise available to them.
  There are much tighter restrictions on the administrative capacity of prison authorities to grant either some remission of the length of a sentence or to provide release.
  Judicial sources indicated that he would be returned to Ireland within two and a half years since a third of all sentences are subject to remission and time already in custody is taken into account.
  He said Mackay could end up serving 21 months with remission for good behaviour.
  It is an administrative act that returns him to prison and the impact of it is that unless he is re-released to parole, at this point he will do the full seven years without remission.
  For one thing remission for good behaviour was one third of the sentence.
  It was also noted that none of the prisoners had any private law right which he could have pursued, since remission of sentence was not a right but an indulgence.
  By volunteering to go, prisoners would win a remission of sentence and efface the stigma of jail.
  If I was in Indian jails I would have by this time earned much remission, could have sent more letters home, got visits.
  In Greenfield the Court of Appeal held that a decision that a prisoner should lose remission because he failed a mandatory drugs test was not a decision upon a criminal charge.
  The offenders' liberty, in the absence of sentence remission, would actually be restricted for a longer period than if incarcerated.
  Stiffer sentences should be handed down and a mechanism should be introduced where remission of a percentage of the prison sentence could be attached to the recovery of funds.
  He has apparently been offered remission of his present sentence and immunity from further prosecution if he testifies.
  There are free pardons, there are conditional pardons, there is the remission of sentence, there are a range of options.
  In a case the state had granted remission on the ground that the accused was implicated in a false case even when his sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court.
  In this she looked at letters of remission in which people in sixteenth-century France begged to be pardoned after having been found guilty of capital crimes.
  Inadequacy of reasons should not lead to remission if the court may confidently reach its own decision on the merits.
  The Crown argued that the phrase ‘I have done the lot’ was slang for the removal of all remission of sentence resulting in a requirement to serve a full custodial term.
  And it came as a pleasant surprise for all the 59 prisoners, 29 of them lifers, who were released from the Central Jail on Sunday after remission of their remaining term.
  Synonyms
  reduction in sentence, reduced sentence

Origin

Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin remissio(n-), from remittere ‘send back, restore’ (see remit).

单词	remission
释义	Definition of remission in English: remission noun rɪˈmɪʃ(ə)nrəˈmɪʃ(ə)n mass noun 1The cancellation of a debt, charge, or penalty. the scheme allows for the partial remission of tuition fees Example sentencesExamples It would be monstrous if, having paid such a bill by direct payment instead of by the remission of funds to the bank (the acceptor), the customer could bring an action to enforce the bills against the bank. The total, shared cost after tax remission was 317,107 [pounds sterling]. Both current and new students will benefit from the program, but if students switch programmes or fail to graduate, their loans will not be eligible for remission. In October 1956 he announced a plan for national development that had at its core a special incentive to encourage exports by a 50 per cent remission of tax on profits derived from increased exports. One way to balance this is to consider joining a faculty that has dependent tuition remission. Students with family incomes of less than £31, 230 are eligible to receive partial fee remission from the government on a sliding scale. The party has also stressed the need for preparing a strong case for the remission of interest on agricultural loans. Taxpayers, to the tune of £1.15 bn per annum, will fund the additional support for students, which include fee remission and larger loan values. This is evident when they propose to narrowly restrict eligibility for Third World debt remission so as not to offend the bankers of the West. Where graduate students do not receive benefits and/or tuition remission, these goals should also be pursued. Successful candidates receive free tuition in two instruments in addition to a 50% fee remission. The emperor Julian, we are told, refused the traditional remission of tax arrears on the express ground that ‘this profited only the wealthy’, while the poor had to pay on the dot. Synonyms cancellation, setting aside, suspension, revocation, repeal, rescinding, abrogation 1.1British The reduction of a prison sentence, especially as a reward for good behaviour. for every two days they work the prisoners earn one day's remission of their sentence Example sentencesExamples It was also noted that none of the prisoners had any private law right which he could have pursued, since remission of sentence was not a right but an indulgence. It is an administrative act that returns him to prison and the impact of it is that unless he is re-released to parole, at this point he will do the full seven years without remission. For one thing remission for good behaviour was one third of the sentence. Stiffer sentences should be handed down and a mechanism should be introduced where remission of a percentage of the prison sentence could be attached to the recovery of funds. In this she looked at letters of remission in which people in sixteenth-century France begged to be pardoned after having been found guilty of capital crimes. The offenders' liberty, in the absence of sentence remission, would actually be restricted for a longer period than if incarcerated. In a case the state had granted remission on the ground that the accused was implicated in a false case even when his sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court. And it came as a pleasant surprise for all the 59 prisoners, 29 of them lifers, who were released from the Central Jail on Sunday after remission of their remaining term. He has apparently been offered remission of his present sentence and immunity from further prosecution if he testifies. Their penalties included forfeiture of the potential remission of sentence otherwise available to them. There are much tighter restrictions on the administrative capacity of prison authorities to grant either some remission of the length of a sentence or to provide release. Judicial sources indicated that he would be returned to Ireland within two and a half years since a third of all sentences are subject to remission and time already in custody is taken into account. He said Mackay could end up serving 21 months with remission for good behaviour. If I was in Indian jails I would have by this time earned much remission, could have sent more letters home, got visits. Inadequacy of reasons should not lead to remission if the court may confidently reach its own decision on the merits. The Crown argued that the phrase ‘I have done the lot’ was slang for the removal of all remission of sentence resulting in a requirement to serve a full custodial term. In Greenfield the Court of Appeal held that a decision that a prisoner should lose remission because he failed a mandatory drugs test was not a decision upon a criminal charge. By volunteering to go, prisoners would win a remission of sentence and efface the stigma of jail. There are free pardons, there are conditional pardons, there is the remission of sentence, there are a range of options. Synonyms reduction in sentence, reduced sentence allowance, deduction 1.2formal Forgiveness of sins. Example sentencesExamples We remember that John the Baptist preached a baptism of repentance for the remission of sin. The individual benefits by remission of sins and spiritual training, but a prime purpose is to strengthen the solidarity of the Muslim community. If his right to grant remission in such cases were despised, the guilt would remain entirely unforgiven. Infants, because they lacked a will developed enough to choose evil, need not be baptized for the remission of sins they had never committed. There will be absolution and remission of sins for all who die in the service of Christ. But the believing church, from the beginning and through now and through the ages, believes that Jesus Christ is the very son of God, that He's a savior whom God sent to shed His blood for the remission of our sins. The armed pilgrimage had not lost its allure, nor the promise of remission of sins. No one is sure that his own contrition is sincere; much less that he has attained full remission. She also included characters to lecture on the Presbyterian and Methodist arguments for the practice as well as a ‘Campbellite’ to testify to baptism for the remission of sins. Perhaps as a moralizing subtext, Alexander piped in a recording of a monastic chant of Psalm 51, a prayer for the remission of sins. Third, we pray to obtain from him the forgiveness of our sins and the remission of their punishment. An indulgence was a papal document that granted the buyer remission from the need to do penance for his sins. Without the shedding of the blood of Jesus there could have been no remission of sin. Synonyms forgiveness, pardoning, absolution, exoneration, exculpation historical indulgence 2A temporary diminution of the severity of disease or pain. ten patients remained in remission Example sentencesExamples Two of the five patients sustained complete remission of symptoms for more than a year prior to the study. Treatment for ulcerative colitis seeks to improve quality of life by inducing and maintaining remission of symptoms and inflammation. Spontaneous remissions often occur within twelve months, but many patients continue to have symptoms for years. The authors conclude that methotrexate is safe and effective for maintaining remission in patients with Crohn's disease. The patient was considered to have a partial remission and was monitored. At this dosage, 80 percent of patients will experience clinical remission or improvement within four weeks. No single therapy has been proven effective at achieving complete remission in every patient. She'd been in remission for three months now and so far things were looking good. In both studies, bright light was superior to the placebo condition in producing clinical remissions. Spontaneous remission occurs in approximately two thirds of these patients. Clinicians and their patients need evidence based treatment strategies that produce complete sustained remissions and improve quality of life. The patient had not yet achieved complete remission at the time of this report. She has now been in remission for 16 months. His achievement is more remarkable as he is in remission from chronic myeloid leukaemia. She had been in remission for five years and it was coming back. Pituitary irradiation can induce remission of disease in more than one half of patients with recurrence after surgery. The medical complications of bulimia, however, are considerable and can persist long after clinical remission is achieved. For most patients partial remission of symptoms is the best that they can hope for. The disease was in remission for eighteen months but reappeared in January. However, the patient experienced a partial remission, whereas previous chemotherapy treatments alone had had no effect. Synonyms respite, abeyance diminution of intensity, diminution of severity, period of temporary recovery Derivatives remissive adjective Origin Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin remissio(n-), from remittere 'send back, restore' (see remit). Definition of remission in US English: remission nounrəˈmɪʃ(ə)nrəˈmiSH(ə)n 1The cancellation of a debt, charge, or penalty. the plan allows for the partial remission of tuition fees Example sentencesExamples The total, shared cost after tax remission was 317,107 [pounds sterling]. In October 1956 he announced a plan for national development that had at its core a special incentive to encourage exports by a 50 per cent remission of tax on profits derived from increased exports. The emperor Julian, we are told, refused the traditional remission of tax arrears on the express ground that ‘this profited only the wealthy’, while the poor had to pay on the dot. Both current and new students will benefit from the program, but if students switch programmes or fail to graduate, their loans will not be eligible for remission. One way to balance this is to consider joining a faculty that has dependent tuition remission. Taxpayers, to the tune of £1.15 bn per annum, will fund the additional support for students, which include fee remission and larger loan values. Successful candidates receive free tuition in two instruments in addition to a 50% fee remission. This is evident when they propose to narrowly restrict eligibility for Third World debt remission so as not to offend the bankers of the West. The party has also stressed the need for preparing a strong case for the remission of interest on agricultural loans. Students with family incomes of less than £31, 230 are eligible to receive partial fee remission from the government on a sliding scale. Where graduate students do not receive benefits and/or tuition remission, these goals should also be pursued. It would be monstrous if, having paid such a bill by direct payment instead of by the remission of funds to the bank (the acceptor), the customer could bring an action to enforce the bills against the bank. Synonyms cancellation, setting aside, suspension, revocation, repeal, rescinding, abrogation 1.1 A diminution of the seriousness or intensity of disease or pain; a temporary recovery. ten out of twenty patients remained in remission Example sentencesExamples Treatment for ulcerative colitis seeks to improve quality of life by inducing and maintaining remission of symptoms and inflammation. Spontaneous remission occurs in approximately two thirds of these patients. The patient was considered to have a partial remission and was monitored. Spontaneous remissions often occur within twelve months, but many patients continue to have symptoms for years. The disease was in remission for eighteen months but reappeared in January. Two of the five patients sustained complete remission of symptoms for more than a year prior to the study. No single therapy has been proven effective at achieving complete remission in every patient. The medical complications of bulimia, however, are considerable and can persist long after clinical remission is achieved. For most patients partial remission of symptoms is the best that they can hope for. She'd been in remission for three months now and so far things were looking good. Clinicians and their patients need evidence based treatment strategies that produce complete sustained remissions and improve quality of life. In both studies, bright light was superior to the placebo condition in producing clinical remissions. At this dosage, 80 percent of patients will experience clinical remission or improvement within four weeks. She has now been in remission for 16 months. However, the patient experienced a partial remission, whereas previous chemotherapy treatments alone had had no effect. The authors conclude that methotrexate is safe and effective for maintaining remission in patients with Crohn's disease. His achievement is more remarkable as he is in remission from chronic myeloid leukaemia. The patient had not yet achieved complete remission at the time of this report. Pituitary irradiation can induce remission of disease in more than one half of patients with recurrence after surgery. She had been in remission for five years and it was coming back. Synonyms respite, abeyance 1.2formal Forgiveness of sins. Example sentencesExamples Third, we pray to obtain from him the forgiveness of our sins and the remission of their punishment. No one is sure that his own contrition is sincere; much less that he has attained full remission. We remember that John the Baptist preached a baptism of repentance for the remission of sin. Without the shedding of the blood of Jesus there could have been no remission of sin. The armed pilgrimage had not lost its allure, nor the promise of remission of sins. But the believing church, from the beginning and through now and through the ages, believes that Jesus Christ is the very son of God, that He's a savior whom God sent to shed His blood for the remission of our sins. Infants, because they lacked a will developed enough to choose evil, need not be baptized for the remission of sins they had never committed. She also included characters to lecture on the Presbyterian and Methodist arguments for the practice as well as a ‘Campbellite’ to testify to baptism for the remission of sins. There will be absolution and remission of sins for all who die in the service of Christ. The individual benefits by remission of sins and spiritual training, but a prime purpose is to strengthen the solidarity of the Muslim community. An indulgence was a papal document that granted the buyer remission from the need to do penance for his sins. Perhaps as a moralizing subtext, Alexander piped in a recording of a monastic chant of Psalm 51, a prayer for the remission of sins. If his right to grant remission in such cases were despised, the guilt would remain entirely unforgiven. Synonyms forgiveness, pardoning, absolution, exoneration, exculpation 1.3British The reduction of a prison sentence, especially as a reward for good behavior. Example sentencesExamples Their penalties included forfeiture of the potential remission of sentence otherwise available to them. There are much tighter restrictions on the administrative capacity of prison authorities to grant either some remission of the length of a sentence or to provide release. Judicial sources indicated that he would be returned to Ireland within two and a half years since a third of all sentences are subject to remission and time already in custody is taken into account. He said Mackay could end up serving 21 months with remission for good behaviour. It is an administrative act that returns him to prison and the impact of it is that unless he is re-released to parole, at this point he will do the full seven years without remission. For one thing remission for good behaviour was one third of the sentence. It was also noted that none of the prisoners had any private law right which he could have pursued, since remission of sentence was not a right but an indulgence. By volunteering to go, prisoners would win a remission of sentence and efface the stigma of jail. If I was in Indian jails I would have by this time earned much remission, could have sent more letters home, got visits. In Greenfield the Court of Appeal held that a decision that a prisoner should lose remission because he failed a mandatory drugs test was not a decision upon a criminal charge. The offenders' liberty, in the absence of sentence remission, would actually be restricted for a longer period than if incarcerated. Stiffer sentences should be handed down and a mechanism should be introduced where remission of a percentage of the prison sentence could be attached to the recovery of funds. He has apparently been offered remission of his present sentence and immunity from further prosecution if he testifies. There are free pardons, there are conditional pardons, there is the remission of sentence, there are a range of options. In a case the state had granted remission on the ground that the accused was implicated in a false case even when his sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court. In this she looked at letters of remission in which people in sixteenth-century France begged to be pardoned after having been found guilty of capital crimes. Inadequacy of reasons should not lead to remission if the court may confidently reach its own decision on the merits. The Crown argued that the phrase ‘I have done the lot’ was slang for the removal of all remission of sentence resulting in a requirement to serve a full custodial term. And it came as a pleasant surprise for all the 59 prisoners, 29 of them lifers, who were released from the Central Jail on Sunday after remission of their remaining term. Synonyms reduction in sentence, reduced sentence Origin Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin remissio(n-), from remittere ‘send back, restore’ (see remit).
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