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excuse, exemption, acquittal: As we were granted remission of
our crimes, we were freed. 2 diminution, abatement, decrease,
lessening, subsidence, alleviation, mitigation, assuagement,
ebbing, relaxation, easing: Remission of the disease may occur,
but most sufferers deteriorate rapidly.
remit v. 1 send, transmit, forward, dispatch or despatch; pay,
compensate, settle, liquidate: We have remitted in full the
amount requested. 2 abate, diminish, slacken, decrease, lessen,
subside, alleviate, mitigate, assuage, ebb, dwindle, reduce,
relax, ease (up or off), fall off: The fever ought to remit on
the sixth day.
remittance
n. payment, settlement: allowance, consideration: Remittance
was made regularly on the tenth of the month. He lives on
remittances he receives from home.
remnant n. 1 scrap, shred, fragment, end, bit, piece, trace, vestige,
relic: A silver button was the only remnant of the splendid
uniform. 2 leftover, remainder, residue, rest, remains, part:
The surviving remnant of the battalion made its way across the
desert to Djibouti.
remorse n. regret, repentance, ruefulness, sorrow, woe, anxiety, guilty
or bad conscience, pangs of conscience, humiliation,
embarrassment, guilt, self-reproach, mortification, shame,
contrition, contriteness, penitence, compunction, bitterness:
It is impossible to describe the remorse he felt at having run
over the little girl's puppy.
remorseful
adj. regretful, repentant, rueful, sorry, apologetic,
sorrowful, woeful, anxious, guilty, bad, conscience-stricken,
guilt-ridden, humiliated, humbled, embarrassed, mortified,
shamefaced, shameful, ashamed, shamed, contrite, penitent,
bitter: Harold made a remorseful confession of all his sins.
remorseless
adj. 1 cruel, heartless, callous, harsh, hard-hearted,
stony-hearted, savage, merciless, unmerciful, pitiless,
ruthless: The heavyweight champion administered a remorseless
beating to the challenger. 2 relentless, unrelenting,