🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

शामक

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shamak

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Remissive/rɪˈmɪs.ɪv/
adjectiveCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"उपचार के बाद रोग की स्थिति शामक हो गई।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Tending to remit, abate, or diminish in intensity, especially referring to symptoms of a disease or fever.

    "The patient entered a remissive phase after weeks of aggressive treatment."
  2. 2

    Characterized by forgiveness, pardon, or the granting of remission.

    "The royal decree was remissive, offering clemency to political prisoners."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin remissivus, from the Latin remissus (past participle of remittere, meaning 'to send back, relax, or abate'). Entering English in the 17th century, it initially retained medical and theological connotations relating to the abatement of disease symptoms or the forgiveness of sins.

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