REMISSION OF SIN
Dictionary entry overview: What does remission of sin mean?
• REMISSION OF SIN (noun)
The noun REMISSION OF SIN has 1 sense:
1. the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
Familiarity information: REMISSION OF SIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• REMISSION OF SIN (noun)
Meaning:
The act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
remission of sin; absolution; remittal; remission
Hypernyms ("remission of sin" is a kind of...):
redemption; salvation ((Christianity) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "remission of sin"):
indulgence (the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution)
Holonyms ("remission of sin" is a part of...):
penance (a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and satisfaction and absolution)
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