remittal n a payment of money sent to a person in another place n an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease) n the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance Usage(s) As within a few weeks I am leaving for France to take service in the French Foreign Legion on the Western Front I would deeply appreciate a prompt remittal. Synonym(s) remittance remission remitment subsidence absolution remission of sin