rémission
remission
noun reh-mee-SYOHN Rare
Origin: Latin remissio (a sending back, a relaxing)
Also means
forgiveness
Usage Note
Rémission has two main senses: in medicine, être en rémission means a disease (especially cancer) has temporarily or permanently reduced in severity; in a religious or legal sense, la rémission des péchés means the forgiveness of sins. The medical sense is far more common in modern usage.
Examples
"Son cancer est en rémission depuis six mois."
Natural Translation
His cancer has been in remission for six months.
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