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

Our first responsibility is to honor our commitments and wind down in a way that minimizes harm from the rescission. —Michael Schneider, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025

The comment period will be open for 60 days following the official rescission proposal’s publication in the Federal Register. —Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2025

Ali said Congress would have to approve the rescission proposal for the administration to withhold the money. —Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025

Trump had sent a package of budget rescissions to Capitol Hill, with the cuts also including billions of dollars in foreign aid. —Ted Johnson, Deadline, 4 Sep. 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