rĕmissĭo (noun F) : id. (acc. to remitto, I. A. and B.)
* A sending back or away, releasing
* Lit. (rare).
* A sending back, returning; of persons: obsidum captivorumque,Liv. 27, 17, 1.—Of things, a throwing back, reflecting: splendoris,Vitr. 7, 3, 9.
* Trop.
* A slackening, relaxing, abating, diminishing, remitting; remission, relaxation, abatement (syn. relaxatio): animus intentione suā depellit pressum omnem ponderum, remissione autem sic urgetur, ut se nequeat extollere,Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54: contentiones vocis et remissiones,id. de Or. 1, 61, 261; cf. id. Brut. 91, 314; so, vocis,Quint. 1, 10, 25: σφυγμὸς est intentio motūs et remissio in corde et in arteria, Gell. 18, 10, 10: remissio lenitatis quādam gravitate et contentione firmatur,laxity,Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 212: operis,Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 7; cf. laboris,id. ib. 2, 6, 4; Quint. 3, 8, 29: tales igitur amicitiae sunt remissione usus eluendae,Cic. Lael. 21, 76: senescentis morbi remissio,id. Fam. 7, 26, 1; so, febris,Suet. Tib. 73: doloris,Scrib. Comp. 99.
* A repetition: nova ludorum remissio,Petr. 60, 5.
* (Acc. to remitto, I. B. 2. b.) A remitting of a penalty, etc., a remission, Col. 1, 7, 1; Suet. Caes. 20; Plin. Ep. 8, 2, 6; 10, 8, 5: remissio tributi in triennium,Tac. A. 4, 13: nuntiationis,remission, abrogation,Dig. 39, 1, 8, § 4.— Plur.: post magnas remissiones,reduction of rent,Plin. Ep. 9, 37, 2.
* In eccl. Lat., remission, forgiveness of sin, etc.: delicti,Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 28: peccatorum, Ambros. de Isaac et Anim. 1, 1; Vulg. Matt. 26, 28; id. Act. 2, 38.— *