The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rescind \Re*scind"\ (r?-s?nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rescinded; p. pr. & vb. n. Rescinding.] [L. rescindere, rescissum; pref re- re- + scindere to cut, split: cf. F. rescinder. See Shism.]
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To cut off; to abrogate; to annul.
The blessed Jesus . . . did sacramentally rescind the impure relics of Adam and the contraction of evil customs.
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Specifically, to vacate or make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or by superior authority; to repeal; as, to rescind a law, a resolution, or a vote; to rescind a decree or a judgment.
Syn: To revoke; repeal; abrogate; annul; recall; reverse; vacate; void.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: rescind)
Usage examples of "rescinded".
How are we going to be able to get the Death Cry rescinded if we’re in some foreign land?
Before Chambers had even arrived in Time's offices to discuss the offer, Luce rescinded it.
It remains to consider successively the cases in which a contract is said to be void, and those in which it is said to be voidable,--in which, that is, a contract fails to be made when it seems to have been, or, having been made, can be rescinded by one side or the other, and treated as if it had never been.
If the laborer should wrongfully stop work at the end of a fortnight, I do not suppose that the contract could be rescinded, and that the ten dollars could be recovered as money had and received.
Colonel, you know as well as we do that this is a political move by Grand Senator Bronson, and those orders will be rescinded the instant that Grand Admiral Lermontov hears of them.