Recision definitions

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RECI'SION, n. s as z. [L. recisio, from recido, to cut off; re and caedo.]
The act of cutting off.

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, alteration of rescision, from Late Latin rescission-, rescissio rescission Date: 1611 an act of rescinding ; cancellation

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Recision Re*ci"sion, n. [L. recisio, fr. recidere, recisum, to cut off; pref. re- re- + caedere to cut.] The act of cutting off. --Sherwood.