单词 | recision |
释义 | recision/rɪˈsɪʒn/noun 1The action of rescinding, revoking, or retracting something; an instance of this. Also: the action or an act of reducing or retrenching something, especially expenditure. 2The action or an act of cutting something off or away; (Surgery ) = resection. Now rare. OriginEarly 17th century; earliest use found in Richard Knolles (d. 1610), historian and translator. Partly from classical Latin recīsiōn-, recīsiō action of cutting back or pruning, curtailment, reduction, and partly from French †recision, variant (influenced by classical Latin recīdere) of rescision rescission. |
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