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Rescind

//ɹɪˈsɪnd// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To repeal, annul, or declare void; to take (something such as a rule or contract) out of effect. transitive

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

  2. 2
    cancel officially wordnet
  3. 3
    To cut away or off. transitive

Etymology

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

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