remisi
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch remissie, from French rémission, from Latin remissiō, remittō, re- + mittō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [rɛˈmisi]
- Hyphenation: rè‧mi‧si
Noun
remisi (first-person possessive remisiku, second-person possessive remisimu, third-person possessive remisinya)
- remission:
- A pardon of a sin; (chiefly historical, also figurative) the forgiveness of an offence, or relinquishment of a (legal) claim or a debt.
- A lessening of amount due, as in either money or work, or intensity of a thing.
- (law) A reduction or cancellation of the penalty for a criminal offence; in particular, the reduction of a prison sentence as a recognition of the prisoner's good behaviour.
- (medicine) An abatement or lessening of the manifestations of a disease; a period where the symptoms of a disease are absent.
Related terms
- emisi
- misi
- misionaris
Further reading
- “remisi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Verb
remīsī
- first-person singular perfect active indicative of remittō