rescission

noun

re·​scis·​sion ri-ˈsi-zhən How to pronounce rescission (audio)
: 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
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See full list Chef Nikki Tran emailed Eater Houston upon the rescission of her restaurant's Bib Gourmand award. Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Nov. 2024 Trump publicly flirted with using a related tool, called rescission, to unilaterally cut foreign aid in 2019. Dylan Matthews, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018 As soon as the decree of rescission was announced in Chile and before the delivery of the ultimatum by the Chilean Chargé, the occupation of the Bolivian littoral was ordered and immediately accomplished without firing a shot. Edwin M. Borchard, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2011 The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office reported in February that a $5 billion rescission from the IRS would reduce revenues by $5.2 billion over the next 10 years and increase the cumulative deficit by $0.2 billion. Fatima Hussein, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for rescission 

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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Cite this Entry

“Rescission.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rescission. Accessed 13 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

rescission

noun
re·​scis·​sion ri-ˈsizh-ən How to pronounce rescission (audio)
: an act of rescinding

Legal Definition

rescission

noun
re·​scis·​sion ri-ˈsi-zhən How to pronounce rescission (audio)
: 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 adjective
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