rescind
pronunciation
How to pronounce rescind in British English:
UK [rɪˈsɪnd]
How to pronounce rescind in American English:
US [rɪˈsɪnd]
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- Verb:
- annul by recalling or rescinding
Word Origin
- rescind
- rescind: see scissors
- rescind (v.)
- 1630s, from French rescinder "cut off, cancel" (15c.), and directly from Latin rescindere "to cut off, tear off, abolish," from re- "back" (see re-) + scindere "to cut, split" (see shed (v.)). Related: Rescinded; rescinding.
Example
- 1. Others worry that the brothers would rescind the peace treaty with israel .
- 2. ' If this tax passes through the parliament , we will rescind it , ' he added .
- 3. Mr netanyahu apologised fulsomely for the bad timing but refused to rescind the decision .
- 4. In his first concession , mr fayyad promised to rescind price rises and pay a first instalment of delayed salaries .
- 5. He proposed that they make a motion at the beginning of the faculty meeting to rescind the section of the report without taking accountability for it .