Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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hiatus | Yes | No | No | No |
remission | Yes | No | No | No |
hiatus (noun) | remission (noun) |
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a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure | the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance |
a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript) | (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court) |
an interruption in the intensity or amount of something | an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease) |
a payment of money sent to a person in another place |