Events

Synonyms for remission

The synonym for remission recorded in this bank is subsidence, in the sense "an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line

The synonym for remission

subsidencenoun, in the sense "an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)"

One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day remission is audited in a second meaning.

The sensenounTier 4, High CampEvents

an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)

His cancer is in remission.

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The true synonym

subsidence

Same sentence, swapped: His cancer is in subsidence.

Close but different

The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot remission is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

absolution
remit
decrease

Where remission turns up in the game

remission is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

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The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so remission reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. No sentence here is generated at deploy time.

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Closest first: other events words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

ceremonynounobservancea formal event performed on a special occasionHigh CampHas a reason line deathnounexpirythe event of dying or departure from lifeHigh Camp decreasenounlesseninga change downwardHigh CampHas a reason line entouragenounretinuea group of people who attend and accompany an important personHigh CampHas a reason line farewelladjectivevaledictorymarking someone's departure or leave-takingHigh CampHas a reason line festiveadjectivecheerfulcheerful and celebratory in moodFoothillsHas a reason line feteverblionizeto honor or entertain someone lavishly at a public celebrationHigh CampHas a reason line unreliableadjectiveundependablenot worthy of reliance or trustHigh CampHas a reason line

Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

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