recision

American  

[ri-sizh-uhn] / rɪˈsɪʒ ən /

noun

1. an act of canceling or voiding; cancellation.

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recision British  

/ rɪˈsɪʒən /

noun

1. the act of cancelling or rescinding; annulment

   the recision of a treaty

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Other Word Forms

• nonrecision noun

Etymology

Origin of recision

1605–15; < Latin recīsiōn- (stem of recīsiō ) a pruning, reduction, equivalent to recīs ( us ), past participle of recīdere to cut back ( re- re- + -cīd ( ere ), combining form of caedere to cut + -tus past participle suffix, with dt > s ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

The Alliance Defending Freedom, a nonprofit legal organization that has also fielded cases involving religious-based student groups on college and university campuses, also filed a comment opposing the recision.

From Washington Times

The recision was blocked by courts – allowing people in the program to renew their applications but not allowing new applications, though the Migration Policy Institute estimates 1.3 million people qualify under the strict criteria.

From The Guardian

Mr. Sessions said recision of the documents is a response to President Trump’s February 2017 executive order, requiring federal agencies to identify rules ripe for repeal, replacement or modification.

From Washington Times

Mr. Williams, who has had accounts at two small community banks since 2015, said he has already been affected by the Cole Memo’s recision.

From Washington Times

The ruling said California and a variety of other plaintiffs had demonstrated that they were likely to succeed on their claims that the Trump administration’s recision of the nearly 6-year-old program was “capricious,” and that the states, tech companies and other employers — and immigrants themselves — had much to lose in the meantime if the administration was wrong.

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• cancellation
• withdrawal