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rescissory

American  
[ri-sis-uh-ree, -siz-] / rɪˈsɪs ə ri, -ˈsɪz- /

adjective

  1. serving to rescind.

rescissory British  
/ rɪˈsɪsərɪ /

adjective

  1. having the power to rescind

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Other Word Forms

  • nonrescissory adjective
  • unrescissory adjective

Etymology

Origin of rescissory

1595–1605; < Late Latin rescissōrius pertaining to revoking or rescinding; see rescission, -tory 1

Example Sentences

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No Assemblies were permitted by Cromwell after 1653; and, soon after the Restoration, Presbytery was temporarily overthrown by a series of rescissory acts.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various

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