Etymology

rescission

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Today it means: An act of rescinding: removing, taking away, or taking back. Full definition →

Late Latin rescissio ← Latin rescindō
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromrescindō“to cut back”
  2. Late Latin · derived fromrescissio
  3. English todayrescission

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

Words from the same roots

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