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[Noun] | "re*scis*sion" | \ ri-ˈsi-zhən \
1: an act of rescinding
Origin: 1594 ;
Borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French rescision, borrowed from Latin rescissiōn- rescissiō, from *rescid-, variant stem of rescindere "to remove or lay bare by hewing and cutting, cancel, {see: |rescind|rescind}" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action;
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(1) - { rescissions } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Noun] | "rescissions"
1: the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to;
* e.g., " ... the judge ruled that the town's rescission of the contract was justified due the contractor's repeated failures to meet its obligations "
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(1) - { rescission } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Noun] | "rescission"
1: the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to;
* e.g., " ... the judge ruled that the town's rescission of the contract was justified due the contractor's repeated failures to meet its obligations "
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# 1 - { rescission:4278723 }
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[ "rescission" ]
1: A for-profit health insurance company's method of rewarding employees for finding ways to drop policyholders who have developed expensive conditions or have pre-existing medical conditions.
* e.g., ... Winston had paid four hundred dollars a month for the last eight years - so he could have medical insurance. But because of his carrier's policy of rescission, he was dropped from his plan as soon as got sick.
# 2 - { stealth offer rescission:4944931 }
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[ "stealth offer rescission" ]
1: To bring in a huge class of first year associates when there is very little work for them and then layoff over half of them only four months later.
* e.g., ... To avoid the appearance of rescinding offers the New York office of Latham & Watkins brought in a massive class of first years even though there was no work for them and then laid off over half of them only four months later.
A young graduate of Harvard Law School lamented his stealth offer rescission and wondered why he hadn't chosen Skadden instead.
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