Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The act of rescinding.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of rescinding or cutting off.
- n. The act of abrogating, annulling, or vacating: as, the rescission of a law, decree, or judgment.
- n. The avoiding of a voidable contract.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of rescinding, abrogating, annulling, or vacating.
WordNet 3.0
- n. (law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the contract had not been made
Etymologies
- 1651, Late Latin rescission, rescissio, from Latin rescindō ("I cut back"), from re- ("back") + scindō ("I cut"). (Wiktionary)
- Latin rescissiō, rescissiōn-, from rescissus, past participle of rescindere, to rescind; see rescind. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The $113 million rescission from the FY'09 Commercial Crew and Cargo budget, based on my review, would appear to still leave enough funds to cover milestone payments for both Orbital and SpaceX.”
“That has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not rescission is permitted under fraudulent pretenses on the part of the insurer.”
“In fact, that change -- an end to the practice of "rescission" -- would happen right away.”
“PatrickM, please be so kind as to explain rescission and why it is currently legal for insurance companies to drop people’s coverage after they become ill.”
“Major insurers said this week that they will soon end the practice known as rescission, which involves going back and scrutinizing the applications of people who develop costly illnesses and dropping their coverage based on even minor or innocent misstatements.”
The Washington Post: Health insurers adopt some new rules early
“Obama will be requesting an alternative to the line-item veto known as rescission, which would give him -- and future presidents -- the power to submit a package of changes to spending bills that Congress would be required to vote on, up or down.”
“• Obama seeking more control over budget: He's requesting an alternative to the line-item veto known as rescission, which would give him -- and future presidents -- the power to submit a package of changes to spending bills that Congress would be required to vote on.”
The Washington Post: Republicans propose cutting federal pay raises
“The remedy is called rescission, and it works like this:”
The Huffington Post: Zach Carter: The Fed's New Foreclosure Predator Bailout
“That appears to be the most an insurance company has ever been ordered to pay in a case involving the practice known as rescission, in which insurance companies retroactively cancel coverage for policyholders based on alleged misstatements - sometimes right after diagnoses of life-threatening diseases.”
Murray Waas: Insurance Company Must Pay $10 Million For Revoking Policy Of Teen With HIV
“Reform eliminates this practice, known as rescission, giving Americans security knowing their coverage cannot be taken away.”
Rep. Patrick Murphy: Why We Can't Afford to Fail: A Blue Dog for Reform
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘rescission’.
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06-13 GRE list
churlish, unswear, abnegate, abjure, state, indemnification, adumbrated, reny, abash, recondite, rescission, esoteric and 260 more...
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GRE Words
abjure, unswear, state, rescission, indemnification, ab, reny, abnegate, vitiated, vitiate, adumbrated, abash and 378 more...
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learning
A list of words whose meanings I am learning, either because a) I don't know the meaning b) I know the meaning, but could stand to better appreciate certain inflections or secondary meanings or c) ...
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2008 Wordlist
Hopefully, I'll be using this site for more than one year. It will be fun then to look back and see what new words I found worthy of notice in any given year.
All words spotted in 2008...longanimity, permalancer, breeder, biodegradable, handicapable, gender-neutral, translator, interpreter, translation, interpreting, kleptocracy, fanfiction and 1598 more...
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rememberers
prolix, ageusia, animadversion, anodyne, antic, arabesque, beadle, brachymetropia, colophon, desquamation, diaphoresis, diegesis and 3255 more...
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Legal Terms and Conditions
Strictly words or phrases I've encountered in law school and would not, more than likely, have known or cared about otherwise.
curtilage, defeasible, perpetuity, establishment, scienter, arguendo, de minimis, laches, actus reus, mens rea, stare decisis, quantum meruit and 9 more...
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