Remission in Malayalam
പാപശാന്തി (paapashaanthi) is remission of sins, atonement, the wiping away of wrongdoing. It joins the words for sin and peace, so it reads as the quieting of sin. Five beats, with the long vowel at the front.
Most common translation
Remission of sins, atonement.
പാപശാന്തിക്കായി അവൻ ക്ഷേത്രത്തിൽ പോയി.
paapashaanthikkaayi avan kshethrathil poyi.
He went to the temple seeking remission of sins.
All Malayalam words for “remission”
- പാപശാന്തി (paapashaanthi) — Remission of sins, atonement.
- വിടുതി (viduthi) — Rented house, house where one stays as a paying guest, boarding, remission, leave, release, pardon.
വിടുതി (viduthi) is chiefly a rented lodging and carries remission only as a faint older sense; remission of a tax or of a disease needs entirely different wording in Malayalam.
Common questions
How do you say remission in Malayalam?
പാപശാന്തി (paapashaanthi) in the religious sense of sins being remitted.
What about remission in medicine?
Not covered here. Doctors in Kerala use the English word when a disease goes into remission.