recision

 [ri-sizh-uhn]  

re·ci·sion

   [ri-sizh-uhn]
noun
an act of canceling or voiding; cancellation.
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Origin:
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

Related forms
non·re·ci·sion, noun
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recision (rɪˈsɪʒən)
 
—n
the act of cancelling or rescinding; annulment: the recision of a treaty
 
[C17: from Latin recīsiō, from recīdere to cut back]

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