rescission

noun

re·scis·sion ri-ˈsi-zhən

Synonyms of rescission next

: an act of rescinding

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 Many states, for example, have a right of rescission in timeshare sales, and a cooling-off period is built into many annuity purchases. —

Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 2 Aug. 2023 The congressional deadline, the rescission of ratification by some states and other issues have been the focus of several lawsuits. —

Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 13 July 2023 Shaul Cohen, who runs the University of Oregon’s prison education program, said the rescission of Pell didn’t have as stark an impact in Oregon as elsewhere, because the state’s programs were lean. —

oregonlive, 1 July 2023 That included more than $2 billion from highway programs, according to a White House document obtained by NPR, and the rescissions took effect immediately once the bill was signed. —

Samantha J. Gross, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2023 Zalewski, who is critical of the three-day rescission period, said that amount of time does not give a prospective buyer an adequate period to do the research and inspections that could prevent them from buying into a condo building that has hidden costs lurking down the road. —

Washington Post, 7 July 2021 Even if Treasury could rescind Revenue Ruling 85-13, could that rescission be retroactive? —

David Herzig, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023 Republican lawmakers and some centrist Democrats, however, had urged the administration to continue the expulsions, saying Title 42's rescission could trigger a sharp increase in migrant arrivals that would overwhelm U.S. border authorities and their processing capacity. —

Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2022 Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, who was appointed to the federal bench by former President Trump, agreed with the arguments presented by Texas and Missouri, finding that the Biden administration's rescission of the MPP policy was unlawful. —

Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2021 See More

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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

Time Traveler

The first known use of rescission was in 1594

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