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Noun remittal has 3 senses
remittance, remittal, remission, remitment - a payment of money sent to a person in another place--1 is a kind of payment
 
remission, remittal, subsidence - an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission"--2 is a kind of suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement
 --2 has particulars: resolution
 
absolution, remission, remittal, remission of sin - the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance--3 is a kind of redemption, salvation
 --3 is a part of penance
 --3 has particulars: indulgence
 
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