rescission

noun

re·​scis·​sion ri-ˈsi-zhən 

: an act of rescinding

Synonyms

• cancelation
• cancellation
• repeal
• abandonment

Examples of rescission in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Mixed feelings abound regarding the rescission of federal funding for the high-speed magnetic rail project proposed between Baltimore and Washington, D.C., as some local lawmakers and advocates applaud its demise and other officials acknowledge it was likely doomed from the jump. —Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2025

The day Congress approved the rescissions, member stations saw a spike in giving, the Times reported. —Nik Popli, Time, 1 Aug. 2025

Enacting the rescission would reinstate focus on appropriate health and life spending. —Fatma Tanis, NPR, 31 July 2025

Donald Trump requested the rescissions, calling PBS and NPR biased. —Ted Johnson, Deadline, 31 July 2025

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French rescision, borrowed from Latin rescissiōn- rescissiō, from *rescid-, variant stem of rescindere "to remove or lay bare by hewing and cutting, cancel, rescind" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action

First Known Use

1594, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for rescission

• abscission
• collision
• decision
• derision
• division
• elision
• envision
• excision
• incision
• misprision
• precision
• prevision

Kids Definition

rescission

noun

re·​scis·​sion ri-ˈsizh-ən 

: an act of rescinding

Legal Definition

rescission

noun

re·​scis·​sion ri-ˈsi-zhən 

: the act, process, or fact of rescinding especially a contract

specifically : the equitable judicial remedy of rescinding a contract in a suit brought by one of the parties compare reformation

rescissory

ri-ˈsi-zə-rē, -ˈsi-sə- 

adjective