the act of remitting.

pardon; forgiveness, as of sins or offenses.

abatement or diminution, as of diligence, labor, intensity, etc.

the relinquishment of a payment, obligation, etc.

Medicine/Medical .

a temporary or permanent decrease or subsidence of manifestations of a disease.

a period during which such a decrease or subsidence occurs

The patient's leukemia was in remission.

noun

accusation , blame , increase , rise , worsening

noun

absolution , amnesty , discharge , excuse , exemption , exoneration , forgiveness , indulgence , mercy , release , reprieve , abatement , abeyance , alleviation , amelioration , break , decrease , delay , diminution , ebb , interruption , letup , lull , moderation , reduction , relaxation , respite , suspension , slackening , subsidence , condonation , pardon , acquittance , assuagement , carelessness , cessation , delinquency , deliverance , dereliction , exculpation , laxity , laziness , lessening , lysis , misfeasance , mitigation , pause , relief , relinquishment , surrender