rescission

noun

re·​scis·​sion ri-ˈsi-zhən 

: an act of rescinding

rescission of a contract

Synonyms of rescission

• cancellation
• repeal
• abandonment
• revocation

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

Representatives of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, Davidson, Monroe, Cornelius, Matthews, Mint Hill and Huntersville supported the rescission at the time. — Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2026

Erasing the Roadless Rule drew 625,737 comments, and the rescission is proceeding anyway. — Will Pattiz, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2026

Federal officials said the rescission will remove the national designation of roadless areas but does not mandate timber cutting or road construction. — Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Whether the district intends to move forward with other provisions of the agreement remains unclear, as does whether those provisions could still be implemented after the county’s rescission. — Chaewon Chung updated August 18, Sacbee.com, 18 Aug. 2026

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