Obs. [a. Fr. amission, ad. L. āmissiōn-em loss, losing, n. of action f. āmitt-ĕre to lose, f. ā off + mittĕre to send, let go.] Loss.
1623. Ailesbury, Serm., 11. In amission, the act is necessarie; in emission, voluntary.
1650. Bulwer, Anthropomet., xiii. 138. [Their] speech hath been very much impaired by the amission of their Fore teeth.
1677. Gale, Crt. Gentiles, III. 8. Again, the amission of God has taken up the name of sin.
1755. in Johnson; and in mod. Dicts.
