rescission
Use Rescission in a sentence
ən noun
the act of rescinding.
Origin:
1605–15; < Late Latin rescissiōn- (stem of rescissiō) a making void, rescinding, equivalent to resciss(us) (past participle of rescindere to rescind, equivalent to re- re- + scid-, variant stem of scindere to cleave, tear in two + -tus past participle suffix, with dt > ss) + -iōn- -ion
1605–15; < Late Latin rescissiōn- (stem of rescissiō) a making void, rescinding, equivalent to resciss(us) (past participle of rescindere to rescind, equivalent to re- re- + scid-, variant stem of scindere to cleave, tear in two + -tus past participle suffix, with dt > ss) + -iōn- -ion
Related forms
non·re·scis·sion, noun
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| —n | |
| 1. | the act of rescinding |
| 2. | law the right to have a contract set aside if it has been entered into mistakenly, as a result of misrepresentation, undue influence, etc |
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Example sentences
It cost much more to fire employees in a recession, only to hire and train new ones after the rescission ends.
Both offices said that yes, there is a right of rescission.
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