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rescission

noun
/ɹɪˈsɪʃən/

Etymology

1651, Late Latin rescissio, from Latin rescindō (“to cut back”), from re- (“back”) + scindō (“to cut”).

  1. derived from rescindō — “to cut back”
  2. derived from rescissio

Definitions

  1. An act of rescinding

    An act of rescinding: removing, taking away, or taking back.

  2. The undoing of a contract

    The undoing of a contract; repeal.

    • The House narrowly approved a rescissions package from the White House that aims to cancel billions in unspent funds from the prior fiscal year, much of which would not have been spent otherwise.
    • But the rescission of the spending-freeze memo, which followed a White House effort to respond to confusion about the initial memo, raises questions about how much [President Trump and his team] learned from the experience of 2017.

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