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rescind

verb
/ɹɪˈsɪnd/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from rescindō — “to cut back”

Definitions

  1. To repeal, annul, or declare void

    To repeal, annul, or declare void; to take (something such as a rule or contract) out of effect.

    • 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    • Coinbase also rescinded hundreds of job offers.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.

  2. To cut away or off.

The neighborhood

Derived

rescindible, unrescinded

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for rescind. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA