[, ] () an act of reducing or cancelling the amount of money that sb has to pay（应付费用的）减少，免除◆New businesses may qualify for tax remission.新企业可以有资格享有税收减免。a period during which a bad situation improves although it is likely to become bad again缓解期；减轻期◆With brief periods of remission , the insurance company has been in crisis ever since the early 1990s.自 20 世纪 90 年代初以来，这家保险公司一直处于危机之中，期间只有几次短暂的缓解期。