remissions (noun)

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• truth in sentencing — noun NSW a government policy that prisoners should serve a substantial part of their original sentences without remissions. {coined by the Greiner government in office in NSW in 1988} …  

• china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …   Universalium

• China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …   Universalium

• re·mis·sion — /rıˈmıʃən/ noun, pl sions 1 : a period of time during a serious illness when the patient s health improves [noncount] Her cancer has gone into remission. = Her cancer is in remission. [=the symptoms of her cancer have become much less severe] The …   Useful english dictionary

• remission — UK [rɪˈmɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms remission : singular remission plural remissions 1) medical a period of time when an illness or disease becomes less severe in remission: Her sister s cancer is in remission. 2) the… …   English dictionary

• multiple sclerosis — /mʌltəpəl skləˈroʊsəs / (say multuhpuhl skluh rohsuhs) noun a disease of the nervous system, usually progressive, characterised by remissions and exacerbations, and caused by plaques of demyelisation of the white matter of the nervous system.… …  

• Chancery Office — noun In Scotland, an office in the General Register House at Edinburgh, managed by a director, in which all royal charters of novodamus, patents of dignities, gifts of offices, remissions, legitimations, presentations, commissions, and other… …   Useful english dictionary