different between recension vs rescission

English

Etymology

From Latin rec?nsi? (“enumeration; review; reassessment”), from rec?nse? (“to count, reckon; to examine, review; to go over, revise”), from re- (“prefix meaning ‘again’”) (from Proto-Italic *wre (“again”); further etymology uncertain) + c?nse? (“to give an opinion; to suppose, think; to assess”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *?n?seh?-, *?n?seye- (“to announce”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????s?n?(?)n/
• (General American) enPR: r?-s?n?sh?n, -s?nsh?n, IPA^(key): /????s?n?(?)n/, [??????s??n(t?)???n], [-?s??n(t?)?n?]
• Rhymes: -?n??n
• Hyphenation UK: re?cens?ion, US: re?cen?sion

Noun

recension (plural recensions)

1. A census, an enumeration, a review, a survey.
2. A critical revision of a text.
3. A text established by critical revision.
4. A family of manuscripts which share similar traits; the variety of a language which is used in such manuscripts.

Derived terms

• recensionist

Related terms

• recense

Translations

See also

• redaction

Further reading

• recension on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ninescore

French

Etymology

From Latin rec?nsi?.

Noun

recension f (plural recensions)

1. critique, review
2. recension

Further reading

• “recension” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Swedish

Noun

recension c

1. a critique, a review

Declension

Synonyms

• anmälan
• granskning
• kritik

Related terms

• recensera
• recensent

References

• Recension in Svenska Akademiens ordlista öfver svenska språket (6th ed., 1889)

English

Etymology

1651, Late Latin rescissio, from Latin rescind? (“I cut back”), from re- (“back”) + scind? (“I cut”).

Noun

rescission (countable and uncountable, plural rescissions)

1. An act of rescinding: removing, taking away, or taking back.
2. (law) The undoing of a contract; repeal.

Synonyms

• rescindment
• rescinsion

Related terms

• rescind

References

Anagrams

• recissions