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recision

recision

1 9.9
Ending a contract so it is seen as never made
  • noun
  • /rɪˈsɪʒən/
  • Formal
translation icon : resolución
  • The lawyer explained that recision means the contract would be canceled, making it as if it never existed.

Examples

  • The couple filed for recision to terminate the lease without penalties, claiming it was based on false information.

  • Because medicine is now for-profit, we have things like "recision," where insurance companies hire people to figure out ways to deny you coverage when you get sick, even though you've been paying into your plan for years.

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  • After reviewing the terms, they decided on recision to annul their agreement and avoid further obligations.

Synonyms

annulment
vsrecision
  • Formal
24 6.5

The legal ending of a marriage or agreement so it is as if it never existed

covers the same legal nullity but is often used beyond contracts
revocation
vsrecision
  • Formal
9 7.3

An official decision to cancel something given or allowed before

is specific to treating agreements as if never made rather than canceling grants
rescission
vsrecision
  • Formal
3 9.9

Cancel a contract and return both sides to how they were before

is about voiding the agreement entirely, emphasizing legal nullity rather than procedure
recission
vsrecision
  • Formal
9.9

Cancellation of a contract that returns both sides to how they were before

treats the contract as if it never existed rather than focusing on restoration

Antonyms

ratification
  • Formal
23 7.0

Official approval of an agreement, usually by a vote

Surface Forms

recision singular
recisions plural

Morphology

recision = re + cis + ion

Although formally analyzable as re- + cis + -ion, the element 'cis'/'-cision' is a bound Latin combining form (not a standalone modern English base) and 'recision' is rare/archaic, so an average learner cannot reliably derive the meaning 'cancellation' from its parts.

Etymology

Recision comes from parts that mean 'back' and 'cut'. The prefix re- means 'back' and the rest comes from a root meaning 'to cut', the same idea you see in incision or scissors, so a recision is like 'cutting out' a contract and making it as if it never existed.