remission (n.)

• abatement
• abeyance
• absolution
• acquittal
• acquittance
• alleviation
• amnesty
• assuagement
• attrition
• break
• caesura
• calming
• cease-fire
• clearance
• clearing
• collapse
• crash
• curtailment
• cut
• cutting
• deadening
• deceleration
• declension
• decline
• decrease
• decrement
• decrescendo
• deliverance
• depletion
• depreciation
• derogation
• detraction
• diminuendo
• diminution
• dip
• discharge
• dismissal
• disparagement
• dive
• downturn
• drop
• dwindling
• easing
• ebb
• ebbing
• exculpation
• excuse
• exemption
• exoneration
• extraction
• fall
• forgiveness
• grace
• hesitation
• holiday
• hushing
• immunity
• impairment
• indemnity
• indulgence
• interim
• interlude
• intermezzo
• intermission
• intermittence
• interruption
• interval
• lapse
• layoff
• leniency
• lessening
• letdown
• letup
• lightening
• loosening
• lull
• mitigation
• modulation
• mollification
• pacification
• palliation
• pardon
• pause
• plunge
• purgation
• purging
• quietus
• quittance
• recess
• redemption
• reduction
• relaxation
• release
• reprieve
• respite
• rest
• retraction
• retreat
• retrenchment
• shortening
• shrift
• shrinkage
• slackening
• slowdown
• slump
• softening
• stand-down
• stay
• subsidence
• suspension
• tempering
• truce
• truncation
• vacation
• vindication
• wane