Difference between Remit and Remission

What is the difference between Remit and Remission?

Remit as a noun is terms of reference; set of responsibilities. while Remission as a noun is a lessening of amount due, as in either work or money or intensity of a thing.

Remit

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To forgive, pardon To give up, stop succumbing to (a negative emotion etc.). To allow (something) to slacken, to relax (one's attention etc.). To show a lessening or abatement (of) a specified quality. To diminish, abate. To refer (something) for deliberation, judgment, etc. (to a particular body or person). To postpone. To transmit or send, as money in payment.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: terms of reference; set of responsibilities.

Remission

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A lessening of amount due, as in either work or money or intensity of a thing.A pardon of a sin; the forgiveness of an offense.An abatement or lessening of the manifestations of a disease.Referring a case back to a lower (inferior) court of law.

Example sentence: I would say I see myself as a psychiatrist in remission.

We hope you now know whether to use Remit or Remission in your sentence.

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