noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Remission of disease symptoms.
2. 2
   Addition of a sentence, clause or phrase that diminishes what preceded. rhetoric

Synonyms

All synonyms

abatingabatingremission

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄνεσις (ánesis, “loosening, abatement, remission”).

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