1. Descriptive of anyone who is forgiven for a misdeed he or she has done: Little Michael was hoping that his mother would have a remissible response and not punish him for accidentally breaking the window in his house when he was throwing a ball back and forth with his friend.
2. Etymology: from Latin remissibilis from remissus-, "slackened"; from remittere, "to slacken, to let go"; from re-, "back" + mittere, "to send." © ALL rights are reserved.

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