rescission

What it means

1. countableuncountableAn act of rescinding: removing, taking away, or taking back.
2. countableuncountablelawThe undoing of a contract; repeal.

   The House narrowly approved a rescissions package from the White House that aims to cancel billions in unspent funds from the prior fiscal year, much of which would not have been spent otherwise.

   2018 June 7, Ashley Killough, “House approves package that would cut $1 billion in spending”, in CNN, archived from the original on 15 Jun 2018

   2 more examples

   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 recission ^([sic]), insisting that Frein was no longer employed by the school district.

   1983 December 3, Christine Guilfoy, “Houston Teacher Fired Over Ad Response”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 20, page 1

   But the rescission of the spending-freeze memo, which followed a White House effort to respond to confusion about the initial memo, raises questions about how much [President Trump and his team] learned from the experience of 2017.

   2025 January 30, Linda Feldmann, “Understanding the Trump chaos: It’s about wielding executive power”, in The Christian Science Monitor, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2025

In a sentence

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 recission ^([sic]), insisting that Frein was no longer employed by the school district.

1983 December 3, Christine Guilfoy, “Houston Teacher Fired Over Ad Response”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 20, page 1

Where it comes from

1. Latinrescindō“to cut back”
2. Late Latinrescissio
3. Englishrescission

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