rescind

English

WOTD – 8 December 2011

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈsɪnd/
• Rhymes: -ɪnd

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Verb

rescind (third-person singular simple present rescinds, present participle rescinding, simple past and past participle rescinded)

1. (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.

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

     Coinbase also rescinded hundreds of job offers.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. (transitive) To cut away or off.

Related terms

• rescindable
• rescinder
• rescindment
• rescinsion
• rescission

Translations

repeal, annul, or declare void

• Afrikaans: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: отменям (bg) (otmenjam), анулирам (bg) (anuliram)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 撤消 (zh) (chèxiāo), 撤廢／撤废 (zh) (chèfèi)

• Czech: zrušit (cs) pf, odvolat (cs) pf, anulovat (cs) pf
• Dutch: terugtrekken (nl), annuleren (nl), herroepen (nl)
• Finnish: kumota (fi), peruuttaa (fi), mitätöidä (fi)
• French: abroger (fr), annuler (fr)
• Galician: please add this translation if you can
• German: widerrufen (de), annullieren (de), aufheben (de), für ungültig erklären, rückgängig machen, außer Kraft setzen, zurücknehmen (de), zurückziehen (de)
• Greek: please add this translation if you can
• Hindi: मनसूख (hi) (mansūkh)
• Hungarian: hatályon kívül helyez (hu), eltöröl (hu), érvénytelenít (hu), visszavon (hu), hatálytalanít (hu), megsemmisít (hu)
• Icelandic: rifta, ógilda, nema úr gildi, fella úr gildi
• Italian: rescindere
• Kapampangan: ipayalang-bisa
• Kazakh: бұзу (būzu)
• Korean: 취소하다 (ko) (chwisohada), 폐지하다 (ko) (pyejihada)
• Latin: rescindō
• Maori: whakakorekore
• Polish: anulować (pl), cofnąć (pl)
• Portuguese: rescindir (pt)
• Russian: расторга́ть (ru) impf (rastorgátʹ), расто́ргнуть (ru) pf (rastórgnutʹ), аннули́ровать (ru) impf or pf (annulírovatʹ)
• Spanish: rescindir (es), cancelar (es), anular (es)
• Swedish: upphäva (sv), återkalla (sv), ogiltigförklara (sv), annullera (sv)
• Tagalog: ipawalang-bisa, magpawalang-bisa
• Turkish: feshetmek (tr), lağvetmek (tr)
• Ukrainian: анулюва́ти (uk) (anuljuváty), скасува́ти (uk) (skasuváty), розірвати (rozirvaty)
• Urdu: منسوخ کر دینا
• Welsh: diddymu, dirymu, adalw

Anagrams

• Cinders, cinders, discern