Recension vs. Rescission — What's the Difference?

Recension is the practice of editing or revising a text based on critical analysis. When referring to manuscripts, this may be a revision by another author.

The act of rescinding.

A critical revision of a text incorporating the most plausible elements found in varying sources.

(Law) The termination of a contract by mutual agreement or as a result of fraud or some legal defect.

A text so revised.

An act of rescinding: removing, taking away, or taking back.

A census, an enumeration, a review, a survey.

(legal) The undoing of a contract; repeal.

A critical revision of a text.

The act of rescinding, abrogating, annulling, or vacating; as, the rescission of a law, decree, or judgment.

A text established by critical revision.

(law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the contract had not been made; recission may be brought about by decree or by mutual consent

A family of manuscripts which share similar traits; the variety of a language which is used in such manuscripts.

The act of reviewing or revising; review; examination; enumeration.

Specifically, the review of a text (as of an ancient author) by an editor; critical revisal and establishment.

The result of such a work; a text established by critical revision; an edited version.