remittal

2 definitions found

remittal - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Remittal \Re*mit"tal\ (-tal), n.
     A remitting; a giving up; surrender; as, the remittal of the
     first fruits. --Swift.
     [1913 Webster]

remittal - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  remittal
      n 1: a payment of money sent to a person in another place [syn:
           remittance, remittal, remission, remitment]
      2: an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations
         of a disease); "his cancer is in remission" [syn:
         remission, remittal, subsidence]
      3: the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as
         pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance [syn:
         absolution, remission, remittal, remission of sin]