a period during which a serious illness improves for a time and the patient seems to get better （重病的）缓解期，减轻期 - in remission
The patient has been in remission for the past six months. 在过去的六个月中，病人的病情已经有所缓解。 The symptoms reappeared after only a short remission. 短暂的康复之后，症状再次出现。 a period of remission 缓解期
- in remission
- (British English)
a reduction in the amount of time somebody spends in prison, especially because they have behaved well 减刑；减少服刑时间 With remission for good behaviour, he could be out by the end of the year. 由于表现良好而获得减刑，他可能会在年底出狱。 She has been granted a remission of sentence. 她已获准减刑。 He lost two months’ remission after he attacked another prisoner. 他袭击另一名囚犯后，失去了两个月的减刑。
- (formal)
an act of reducing or cancelling the amount of money that somebody has to pay （应付费用的）减少，免除
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, or from Latin remissio(n-), from remittere ‘send back, restore’, from re- ‘back’ + mittere ‘send’.