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Word entry · 9 letters

remission

Best crossword clue

"Symptom easing"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ɹɪˈmɪʃ(ə)n/Part of speech nounSorted eiimnorssStarts with REnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
1R2E3M4I5S6S7I8O9N

Definitions

  1. A reduction or disappearance of disease symptoms, debt, or punishment.

Word origin

From re- + mission.

Used in a sentence

  • Her cancer was in remission.
  • It was always dangerous, though perhaps leſs ſo, than other ſymptoms which was leſs alarming, particularly if it ſuffered increaſe and diminution with the paroxyſms and remiſſions of the diſeaſe.
  • When Dr. Willis speaks of relapses, does he mean relapses after a cessation of the disorder, or after a remission of the disorder?—Certainly after a remission, his Majesty's disorder has never ceased.

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