remission
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- noun
- /rɪˈmɪʃən/
- Formal
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remisión
- With the declaration of the third (national) State of Emergency in 1986, at least 30,000 were held (10,000 in the initial five weeks, or one every five minutes), aided by a remission granted to common criminals on Republic Day 1986.
Examples
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The board would also have the opportunity to see the "various exhibits" used in trial to explain the altered, fraudulent documents and an explanation of the remission process.
Blog text (14) -
Professors get tuition remission at an excellent school, and their children are in a safe, intellectually engaging environment.
Academic text (2005) -
In remission of this debt.
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An entirely unexpected remission was granted in the 1960s.
Academic text (1990) -
Refusal to provide the required urine sample breaches prison rules and is punishable by 28 days' loss of remission.
Academic text (1998) -
Prisoners whose urine sample tests positive for cannabis only are liable to a punishment of 14 days' loss of remission, and 21 days if their sample is positive for class.
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A similar outcome is associated with the 1993 introduction of the state-level HOPE Scholarship program in Georgia, which provided tuition remission at Georgia institutions to those students with a grade-point average of 3.0 or above.
Academic text (2005) -
In 1908, a bill was passed which called for a "remission of a portion of the indemnity" by giving Chinese students an opportunity to study in the U.S., and in 1909, the first "Boxer indemnity" students arrived.
Academic text (1992) -
The judge decided to grant a remission to transfer the case to the higher court for further examination.
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The attorney filed for a remission of the case after reviewing the new evidence presented.
Synonyms
The act of sending a case back so another court can look at it again
Sending a court case to another court for more review
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Remission comes from the Latin parts re- 'back' and mittere 'to send'. That explains the legal sense: a remission is when a case is 'sent back' or sent to another court for decision.