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Definition of rescind verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

rescind

verb
 
/rɪˈsɪnd/
 
/rɪˈsɪnd/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they rescind
 
/rɪˈsɪnd/
 
/rɪˈsɪnd/
he / she / it rescinds
 
/rɪˈsɪndz/
 
/rɪˈsɪndz/
past simple rescinded
 
/rɪˈsɪndɪd/
 
/rɪˈsɪndɪd/
past participle rescinded
 
/rɪˈsɪndɪd/
 
/rɪˈsɪndɪd/
-ing form rescinding
 
/rɪˈsɪndɪŋ/
 
/rɪˈsɪndɪŋ/
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  1. rescind something to officially state that a law, contract, decision, etc. no longer has any legal force synonym revoke
    • The agreement was rescinded on 20 March 1993.
    Topics Discussion and agreementc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryRescind is used with these nouns as the object:
    • contract
    • order
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    Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin rescindere, from re- (expressing intensive force) + scindere ‘to divide, split’.
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