recision
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- nonrecision noun
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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