remissive adjective. [rɪ'mɪsɪv] LME.
[medieval Latin remissivus, formed as REMISS verb: see -IVE.]
1. Producing or allowing a decrease of something; causing relaxation. LME-E18.

2. Remiss, careless, negligent. rare. L15-M17.

3. Characterized by remission or abatement. L15.

4. Inclined to or of the nature of remission or pardon. E17.
■ J. Carroll The..intellectual role in the rise of the remissive attitude to crime.

■ remissively adverb (rare) L15.

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