recision

[ ri-sizh-uhn ]

noun

1. an act of canceling or voiding; cancellation.

recision

/ rɪˈsɪʒən /

noun

1. the act of cancelling or rescinding; annulment

   the recision of a treaty

Other Words From

• nonre·cision noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of recision¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of recision¹

C17: from Latin recīsiō , from recīdere to cut back

Example Sentences

They also want the short-term extension to include provisions repealing $80 billion in new IRS funding and the recision of unspent COVID-19 relief.

From Washington Times

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

A federal judge put those plans in limbo on Monday by issuing a ruling halting the recision.

From Washington Times

Theodore B. Olsen, a solicitor general under President George W. Bush who will be one of two lawyers arguing against DACA’s recision, suggested that the Trump administration’s justification falls short of what Roberts demanded in the census case.

From Washington Post

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

Related Words

• cancellation
• withdrawal