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recission

recission is the alternative spelling of rescission.

Meaning of rescission

Noun

rescission (countable and uncountable, plural rescissions)

  1. An act of rescinding: removing, taking away, or taking back.
  2. The undoing of a contract; repeal.
    • According to him, they said, "'Resign or we'll fire you.'" Frein resigned and left the school building. However, that same day, he called his union representative, who advised him to withdraw his resignation, which he did, within 24 hours. The school district, however, refused to accept his...1983 December 3, Christine Guilfoy, “Houston Teacher Fired Over Ad Response”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 20, page 1

Forms of recission

pluralrecissions

Questions about recission

What is recission the alternative spelling of?
Recission is the alternative spelling of rescission.

Words near recission in the dictionary

  1. recircumscribe
  2. recircumscription
  3. recircumscriptions
  4. recision
  5. recisions
  6. recission
  7. recissions
  8. recissory
  9. recit
  10. recitable
  11. recital

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Adapted from Wiktionary: recission (page history and authors); rescission (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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