remission of sin

English Thesaurus

1. the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance (noun.act)

hypernym	:	redemption, salvation,
definition	:	(theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil (noun.act)

hyponym	:	indulgence,
definition	:	the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution (noun.act)

part meronym	:	penance,
definition	:	a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution (noun.act)

derivation	:	absolve, shrive,
definition	:	grant remission of a sin to (verb.communication)

derivation	:	absolve, shrive,
definition	:	grant remission of a sin to (verb.communication)