recision
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
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
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
"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
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 Henry Rider Haggard
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
