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Rescission is the act of canceling a contract and returning both parties to the positions they held before the agreement. In a real estate deal, if the buyer can’t obtain financing and both sides agree to terminate, they can treat the contract as if it never happened. That retroactive undoing is the hallmark of rescission—the contract is voided and there’s no breach to sue over, because the agreement is erased and the parties revert to status quo ante.

The other options don’t fit this scenario because they aren’t about undoing the contract:

- Redo isn’t a standard contract-termination term.

- Reformation would change the contract to reflect the true agreement, not undo it.

- Restraint isn’t a method for terminating a contract.