The act of losing something or the state of being lost; a missing or sending away.
From Latin 'amissio' derived from 'amittere' meaning 'to lose' or 'send away,' where 'a-' means 'away' and 'mittere' means 'to send.' The term entered English through ecclesiastical and legal Latin in medieval times.
Medieval theologians used 'amission' to describe the loss of divine grace, while lawyers used it for the forfeiture of property rights—it's a word that bridges spiritual and legal consequences of wrongdoing.
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