remission

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   A pardon of a sin; (chiefly historical, also figuratively) the forgiveness of an offence, or relinquishment of a (legal) claim or a debt.
2. 2
   A lessening of amount due, as in either money or work, or intensity of a thing.
3. 3
   A lessening of amount due, as in either money or work, or intensity of a thing: 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.
4. 4
   A lessening of amount due, as in either money or work, or intensity of a thing: An abatement or lessening of the manifestations of a disease; a period where the symptoms of a disease are absent.
5. 5
   An act of remitting, returning, or sending back.
6. 6
   An act of remitting, returning, or sending back: A referral of a case back to another (especially a lower or inferior) court of law; a remand, a remittal.
7. 7
   Reflection or back-scattering of light by a material; (to send back)

Verb

1. 1
   To change the mission of; to provide with a new mission.