rescission

[ ri-sizh-uh n ]
/ rɪˈsɪʒ ən /
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noun

the act of rescinding.

Origin of rescission

1605–15; < Late Latin rescissiōn- (stem of rescissiō) a making void, rescinding, equivalent to resciss(us) (past participle of rescindere to rescind, equivalent to re- re- + scid-, variant stem of scindere to cleave, tear in two + -tus past participle suffix, with dt > ss) + -iōn- -ion

OTHER WORDS FROM rescission

non·re·scis·sion, noun

Words nearby rescission

resaw, rescale, reschedule, rescind, rescissible, rescission, rescissory, rescript, rescue, rescue dog, rescue grass

Words related to rescission

annulment, retraction, revocation, recall, cancellation, switch, turnaround, U-turn, repeal, turnabout, volte-face

Example sentences from the Web for rescission

  • There was to be a restitution of property, honors, and offices, and a rescission of judicial sentences.

    History of the Rise of the Huguenots |Henry Baird

  • First, the parties can expressly and purposely declare that a treaty shall be dissolved; this is rescission.

    International Law. A Treatise. Volume I (of 2) |Lassa Francis Oppenheim

  • It is no doubt only by reason of a condition construed into the contract that fraud is a ground of rescission.

    The Common Law |Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

British Dictionary definitions for rescission

rescission
/ (rɪˈsɪʒən) /

noun

the act of rescinding
law the right to have a contract set aside if it has been entered into mistakenly, as a result of misrepresentation, undue influence, etc