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recision

American  
[ri-sizh-uhn] / rɪˈsɪʒ ən /

noun

  1. an act of canceling or voiding; cancellation.


recision British  
/ rɪˈsɪʒən /

noun

  1. the act of cancelling or rescinding; annulment

    the recision of a treaty

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of recision

1605–15; < Latin recīsiōn- (stem of recīsiō ) a pruning, reduction, equivalent to recīs ( us ), past participle of recīdere to cut back ( re- re- + -cīd ( ere ), combining form of caedere to cut + -tus past participle suffix, with dt > s ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

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"They are going to do a $9 billion recision bill," he said.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2025

A federal judge put those plans in limbo on Monday by issuing a ruling halting the recision.

From Washington Times • Apr. 26, 2022

These can supplant older revelations, as in the case of the church's historically most controversial doctrine: Smith himself received God's sanctioning of polygamy in 1831, but 49 years later, the church's President announced its recision.

From Time Magazine Archive

Blumenthal argued that other offending proposals�notably the recision of tax advantages for capital gains�had been eliminated.

From Time Magazine Archive

I will now give a short sketch of their institutions as they were before the Annexation, and to which the community has reverted since its recision, with, I believe, but few alterations.

From Cetywayo and his White Neighbours Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal by Haggard, Henry Rider

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