remission of sin
Forgiveness from above
Remission of sin is the forgiveness or pardoning of wrongdoing, particularly in Christian theology.
Through divine grace, confession, or atonement, sins are canceled rather than held against the sinner: The priest pronounced remission of sins.
The phrase echoes biblical language and appears in liturgy, creeds, and hymns.
Remission here means release from guilt or penalty, not the medical sense of disease abatement.
- mortal sinGrace-destroying spiritual offense
- baptismRitual water purification ceremony
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
- act of contritionPrayer acknowledging wrongdoing
contrition · grace · Judaism · Christianity · repentance · born again · divine mercy · redemption · absolution · forgiveness · indulgence · last rites · Eucharist · salvation · moral law · self-acceptance · inner transformation · emotional release
remission of sincondemnation
Severe disapproval expressed formally
damnation · divine punishment · eternal punishment · judgment · divine retribution
remission of singuilt
Moral self-reproach
moral debt · holding to account · reckoning · indictment · accusation
remission of sinspiritual death
Eternal separation from God
fallen state · hardness of heart · guilt · moral corruption · corruption
remission, remit, remitting, remitted, remittance, mission, missions, missionary, missive