rescission
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prettygoodwordrescission (ri-SIZH-uhn) - n., the act of rescinding, the act of removing, taking away, or taking back; (law) the termination of a contract.
There's a lot of Latin in legalese, and this is one of them: this one dates from the early 1600s, from Middle French rescision, from Late Latin rescissio (interesting stem change there), from Latin rescindō, cut back, from re-, back + scindō, cut.
---L.
There's a lot of Latin in legalese, and this is one of them: this one dates from the early 1600s, from Middle French rescision, from Late Latin rescissio (interesting stem change there), from Latin rescindō, cut back, from re-, back + scindō, cut.
---L.
