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rescind verb [ rɪˈsɪnd ]

• revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement).
Similar: revoke, repeal, cancel, reverse, abrogate, overturn, overrule, override, annul, nullify, declare null and void, make void, void, invalidate, render invalid, quash, abolish, set aside, countermand, retract, withdraw, vacate, avoid, recall, disannul,
Opposite: enforce, enact,
Origin: mid 16th century: from Latin rescindere, from re- (expressing intensive force) + scindere ‘to divide, split’.


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