RESCISSION as NOUN

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
   • recission may be brought about by decree or by mutual consent
   Synonym(s)
   • recission (what does recission mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) rescission is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • cancellation (what does cancellation mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • revoke (what does revoke mean?)
   • annul (what does annul mean?)
   • lift (what does lift mean?)
   • countermand (what does countermand mean?)
   • reverse (what does reverse mean?)
   • repeal (what does repeal mean?)
   • overturn (what does overturn mean?)
   • rescind (what does rescind mean?)
   • vacate (what does vacate mean?)
   • revoke (what does revoke mean?)
   • annul (what does annul mean?)
   • lift (what does lift mean?)
   • countermand (what does countermand mean?)
   • reverse (what does reverse mean?)
   • repeal (what does repeal mean?)
   • overturn (what does overturn mean?)
   • rescind (what does rescind mean?)
   • vacate (what does vacate mean?)