recisio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

rĕcīsĭo, ōnis, m. [recīdo].

I Lit., a cutting off (very rare): rosae, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 21.—

II Trop., a retrenchment , diminution : legatorum, Dig. 28, 5, 35; Mart. Cap. 9, § 971.