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rescind - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Verb

rescind (third-person singular simple present rescinds, present participle rescinding, simple past and past participle rescinded)

  • (transitive) To repeal, annul, or declare void; to take (something such as a rule or contract) out of effect.
    • ✤ Synonyms: cancel, annul, (of laws and policies) repeal, countermand, revoke, (of orders) recall
    • ✤ The agency will rescind the policy because many people are dissatisfied with it.
    • ✤ Coinbase also rescinded hundreds of job offers. Some of those new hires had already quit their previous jobs, or were relying on Coinbase to maintain their work visas.1
  • (transitive) To cut away or off.

Etymology

From the Latin rescindō (“to cut back”), from re- (“back”) + scindō (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɹɪˈsɪnd/, /ɹɪˈzɪnd/, (weak vowel merger)/ɹəˈsɪnd/
  • Rhymes: -ɪnd
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Printed 2026-10-10.

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Footnotes

  1. 2022 June 29, David Yaffe-Bellany, “Crypto Crash Widens a Divide: ‘Those With Money Will End Up Being Fine’”, in The New York Times ‎, →ISSN: ↩

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