Synonyms for rescission
- noun
Most common
cancellation revocation annulment abrogation repeal rescindment rescinsion
All synonyms
Noun
Definitions
- n. 1
An act of rescinding: removing, taking away, or taking back.
Related words
- Word family
- rescind
- Other spellings
- recission
Forms
- Plural
- rescissions → revocations, cancellations, annulments, abrogations…
Example sentences
- cancellation Apparently there's a cancellation charge of 30 percent.
- annulment Until the annulment, they were still married.
- repeal The Republicans want to repeal Obamacare.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| rescission | falling | |
| cancellation | falling | |
| revocation | falling | |
| annulment | steady | |
| abrogation | falling | |
| repeal | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- repeal2
- 9 letters
- abolition4, annulment3
- 10 letters
- revocation4, retraction3, abrogation4, rescinsion
- 11 letters
- cancelation, rescindment
- 12 letters
- cancellation4, invalidation5
- 13 letters
- nullification5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (repeal2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- rescision
- Italiano
- rescissione
- Español
- rescisión
- Deutsch
- Rücktritt