Remittal \Re*mit"tal\ (-tal), n.
A remitting; a giving up; surrender; as, the remittal of the
first fruits. --Swift.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
remittal
n 1: a payment of money sent to a person in another place [syn: remittance,
remission, remitment]
2: an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the
manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission"
[syn: remission, subsidence]
3: the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as
pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance [syn: absolution,
remission, remission of sin]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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