Definition of mission

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Mission (n.) The act of sending, or the state of being sent; a being sent or delegated by authority, with certain powers for transacting business; comission..

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Readmittance :: Readmittance (n.) Allowance to enter again; a second admission.
Admittatur :: Admittatur (n.) The certificate of admission given in some American colleges.
Enthronization :: Enthronization (n.) The act of enthroning; hence, the admission of a bishop to his stall or throne in his cathedral..
Felo-de-se :: Felo-de-se (n.) One who deliberately puts an end to his own existence, or loses his life while engaged in the commission of an unlawful or malicious act; a suicide..
Remission :: Remission (n.) Diminution of intensity; abatement; relaxation.
Mission :: Mission (n.) Persons sent; any number of persons appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy.
Sergeant :: Sergeant (n.) In a company, battery, or troop, a noncommissioned officer next in rank above a corporal, whose duty is to instruct recruits in discipline, to form the ranks, etc..
Spermatism :: Spermatism (n.) The emission of sperm, or semen..
Empower :: Empower (v. t.) To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize (having commonly a legal force); as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor..
Devolve :: Devolve (v. i.) To pass by transmission or succession; to be handed over or down; -- generally with on or upon, sometimes with to or into; as, after the general fell, the command devolved upon (or on) the next officer in rank..
Dutiful :: Dutiful (a.) Performing, or ready to perform, the duties required by one who has the right to claim submission, obedience, or deference; submissive to natural or legal superiors; obedient, as to parents or superiors; as, a dutiful son or daughter; a dutiful ward or servant; a dutiful subject..
Sabbathless :: Sabbathless (a.) Without Sabbath, or intermission of labor; hence, without respite or rest..
Negligence :: Negligence (n.) The quality or state of being negligent; lack of due diligence or care; omission of duty; habitual neglect; heedlessness.
Propaganda :: Propaganda (n.) A congregation of cardinals, established in 1622, charged with the management of missions..
License :: License (n.) The document granting such permission.
Spurge :: Spurge (v. t.) To emit foam; to froth; -- said of the emission of yeast from beer in course of fermentation.
Exclusion :: Exclusion (n.) The act of excluding, or of shutting out, whether by thrusting out or by preventing admission; a debarring; rejection; prohibition; the state of being excluded..
Epitrope :: Epitrope (n.) A figure by which permission is either seriously or ironically granted to some one, to do what he proposes to do; e. g., He that is unjust, let him be unjust still..
Abbreviate :: Abbreviate (v. t.) To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken..
Tribute :: Tribute (n.) An annual or stated sum of money or other valuable thing, paid by one ruler or nation to another, either as an acknowledgment of submission, or as the price of peace and protection, or by virtue of some treaty; as, the Romans made their conquered countries pay tribute..
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