RESCISSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rescission mean? 

• RESCISSION (noun)
  The noun RESCISSION has 1 sense:

1. (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

  Familiarity information: RESCISSION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESCISSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

recission; rescission

Context example:

recission may be brought about by decree or by mutual consent

Hypernyms ("rescission" is a kind of...):

cancellation (the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Derivation:

rescind (cancel officially)