The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Recision \Re*ci"sion\ (r[-e]*s[i^]zh"[u^]n), n. [L. recisio, fr.
   recidere, recisum, to cut off; pref. re- re- + caedere to
   cut.]
   The act of cutting off. --Sherwood.
   [1913 Webster]