rə̇ˈsizhən, rēˈ- noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle French, alteration (influenced by recision act of cutting back, from Latin recision-, recisio, from recisus — past participle of recidere to cut back, lop off, from re- + caedere to cut — + -ion-, -io -ion) of rescision, from Latin rescission-, rescissio — more at concise , rescission
: the act or action of rescinding : cancellation
no criticism or recision of its doctrinal contents was expressed or implied by such withdrawal — Theodore Graebner