rĕmissĭo — Lewis & Short
rĕmissĭo, ōnis, f.id. (acc. to remitto, I. A. and B.),
I a sending back or away, releasing
I Lit. (rare).
1 A sending back, returning; of persons:
obsidum captivorumque,Liv. 27, 17, 1.—Of things, a throwing back, reflecting:
splendoris,Vitr. 7, 3, 9.—
2 A letting down, lowering:
ex superciliorum aut remissione aut contractione,Cic. Off. 1, 41, 146.—
II Trop.
A A slackening, relaxing, abating, diminishing, remitting; remission, relaxation, abatement (syn. relaxatio):
animus intentione suā depellit pressum omnem ponderum, remissione autem sic urgetur, ut se nequeat extollere,Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54:
contentiones vocis et remissiones,id. de Or. 1, 61, 261; cf. id. Brut. 91, 314; so,
vocis,Quint. 1, 10, 25: sfugmo\s est intentio motūs et remissio in corde et in arteria, Gell. 18, 10, 10:
remissio lenitatis quādam gravitate et contentione firmatur,laxity, Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 212:
operis,Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 7; cf.
laboris,id. ib. 2, 6, 4; Quint. 3, 8, 29:
tales igitur amicitiae sunt remissione usus eluendae,Cic. Lael. 21, 76:
senescentis morbi remissio,id. Fam. 7, 26, 1; so,
febris,Suet. Tib. 73:
doloris,Scrib. Comp. 99.—
2 Slackness, laxness, want of spirit:
in acerbissimā injuriā remissio animi ac dissolutio,Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 9.—
3 Relaxation, recreation:
ad omnem animi remissionem ludumque descendere,Cic. de Or 2, 6, 22; so,
animorum,id. Fam. 9, 24, 3; id. Arch. 7, 16.—Absol.:
quem non quies, non remissio, non aequalium studia, non ludi delectarent,Cic. Cael. 17, 39:
danda est omnibus aliqua remissio,Quint. 1, 3, 8.—Absol. in plur., Quint. 1, 3, 8, § 11; Gell. 15, 2, 5; Plin. Ep. 4, 3, 1, id. Pan. 49, 4:
tempora curarum remissionumque,Tac. Agr. 9; id. Or. 28.—
4 Mildness, gentleness, lenity:
(Adversarius) tum ad severitatem, tum ad remissionem animi est contorquen dus,Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72 (cf. remissus, B. 1.): so,
remissione poenae,by a relaxing, diminishing of punishment, by a milder punishment, id. Cat. 4, 6, 13.—
B (Acc. to remitto, I. B. 2. b.) A remitting of a penalty, etc., a remission, Col. 1, 7, 1; Suet. Caes. 20; Plin. Ep. 8, 2, 6; 10, 8, 5:
remissio tributi in triennium,Tac. A. 4, 13:
nuntiationis,remission, abrogation, Dig. 39, 1, 8, § 4.— Plur.:
post magnas remissiones,reduction of rent, Plin. Ep. 9, 37, 2.—
C In eccl. Lat., remission, forgiveness of sin, etc.:
delicti,Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 28: peccatorum, Ambros. de Isaac et Anim. 1, 1; Vulg. Matt. 26, 28; id. Act. 2, 38.— *
III A repetition:
nova ludorum remissio,Petr. 60, 5.