remittal

Plural: remittals

Noun

• The act of sending money or pardoning a penalty.
• a payment of money sent to a person in another place
• an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)
• the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
• Anything remitted; remittance.

Examples

• The REMITTAL of points for an illegal word felt like a small victory.

Synonyms

absolution, remission, remission of sin, remitment, remittance, subsidence