recision

English

Etymology

From Latin recisio, from recidere, recisum (“to cut off”).

Noun

recision (countable and uncountable, plural recisions)

1. The act of cutting off.
   • 1658, James Harrington, The Prerogative of Popular Government:

     recision of debts

References

• “recision”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• soricine