rescission

re·scis·sion

noun \ri-ˈsi-zhən\

Definition of RESCISSION

: an act of rescinding

Examples of RESCISSION

1. <the judge ruled that the town's rescission of the contract was justified due the contractor's repeated failures to meet its obligations>

Origin of RESCISSION

Late Latin rescission-, rescissio, from Latin rescindere

First Known Use: 1651

Related to RESCISSION

Synonyms: abandonment, abortion, calling, calling off, dropping, recall, recision, repeal, cancellation, revocation

Antonyms: continuation

Related Words: annulment, invalidation, neutralization, nullification, voidance; abolishment, abolition, ending, halting, stopping, termination; giving up, relinquishment, surrender; reversal, rollback

Near Antonyms: beginning, commencement, initiation; engagement, undertaking

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Other Legal Terms

actionable, alienable, carceral, chattel, complicity, decedent, larceny, malfeasance, modus operandi

Rhymes with RESCISSION

abscission, collision, concision, decision, derision, division, dream vision, elision, elysian, envision, excision, incision, misprision, North Frisian, Parisian, precisian, precision, prevision, provision, recision, revision