rescind

English

WOTD – 8 December 2011    

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /rɪˈsɪnd/, X-SAMPA: /rI"sInd/

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rescind (third-person singular simple present rescinds, present participle rescinding, simple past and past participle rescinded)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

   The agency will rescind the policy because many people are dissatisfied with it.

Synonyms

• annul
• cancel
• repeal

Related terms

• rescindable
• rescinder
• rescindment
• rescission

Translations

repeal, annul, or declare void

• Dutch: terugtrekken (nl), annuleren (nl), herroepen (nl)
• Finnish: kumota (fi), peruuttaa (fi), mitätöidä (fi)
• French: abroger (fr)
• German: widerrufen (de), annullieren, aufheben, für ungültig erklären (de), rückgängig machen (de), außer Kraft setzen (de)
• Icelandic: rifta (is), ógilda (is), nema úr gildi (is), fella úr gildi (is)
• Italian: rescindere (it)
• Latin: rescindō (la)

• Polish: anulować (pl), cofnąć (pl)
• Portuguese: rescindir (pt)
• Russian: расторгать (ru) (rastorgát')  impf., расторгнуть (ru) (rastórgnut')  pf., аннулировать (ru) (annulírovat')  impf./pf.
• Spanish: rescindir (es), cancelar (es), anular (es)
• Swedish: upphäva (sv), återkalla (sv), ogiltigförklara (sv)
• Ukrainian: анулювати (uk) (anuljuváty) , скасувати (uk) (skasuváty) 
• Urdu: منسوخ کر دینا (ur)

Anagrams

• cinders
• discern