remittal n 1: a payment of money sent to a person in another place [syn: {remittance}, {remittal}, {remission}, {remitment}] 2: an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission" [syn: {remission}, {remittal}, {subsidence}] 3: the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance [syn: {absolution}, {remission}, {remittal}, {remission of sin}]
Remittal \Re*mit"tal\ (-tal), n. A remitting; a giving up; surrender; as, the remittal of the first fruits. --Swift. [1913 Webster]