rescind Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb cancel officially
    annul; revoke; reverse; countermand; lift; vacate; overturn; repeal.
    • He revoked the ban on smoking
    • lift an embargo
    • vacate a death sentence

WordNet

Re*scind" transitive verb
Etymology
L. rescindere, rescissum; pref re- re- + scindere to cut, split: cf. F. rescinder. See Shism.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Rescinded; present participle & verbal noun Rescinding
Definitions
  1. To cut off; to abrogate; to annul.
    The blessed Jesus . . . did sacramentally rescind the impure relics of Adam and the contraction of evil customs. Jer. Taylor.
  2. 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.

Webster 1913