Rescind

//ɹɪˈsɪnd//

Synonyms for "rescind" (66 found)

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Closest matches (14)

abrogate annul cancel revoke abbreviate abolish abridge blot out blue pencil blue-pencil

Verb(4 words)

Strong matches (19)

bowdlerize censor countermand counterorder cross out cut delete disannul dismantle do away with edit edit out erase expunge expurgate invalidate

Verb(3 words)

cancel decide divide

Related words (33)

kill lift make void nullify omit override overrule quash recall recant renege repeal repudiate retract reverse rub out set aside strike strike off strike out

Show 7 more words

suspend undo vacate void waive withdraw write off

Verb(6 words)

lift overturn recall reverse separate vacate

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

2 entries

cancel strike down

Synonyms

4 entries

abrogate annul cancel revoke

Related terms

5 entries

rescindable rescinder rescindment rescinsion rescission

derived

2 entries

rescindible unrescinded

related to

10 entries

annul cut declare repeal rescindable rescinder rescindment rescinsion rescission void

Translations

64 translations across 27 languages.

Bulgarian

2 entries

анулирам verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)
отменям verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

撤廢 /撤废 verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)
撤消 verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)

Czech

3 entries

anulovat verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)
odvolat verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)
zrušit verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)

Dutch

3 entries

annuleren verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)
herroepen verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)
terugtrekken verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)

Finnish

3 entries

kumota verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)
mitätöidä verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)
peruuttaa verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)

French

2 entries

abroger verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)
annuler verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)

German

4 entries

annullieren verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)
aufheben verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)
außer Kraft setzen verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)
für ungültig erklären verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)

Hindi

1 entries

मनसूख verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)

Hungarian

4 entries

eltöröl verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)
hatályon kívül helyez verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)
hatálytalanít verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)
megsemmisít verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)

Icelandic

4 entries

fella úr gildi verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)
nema úr gildi verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)
rifta verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)
ógilda verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)

Irish

1 entries

cuir ar ceal verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)

Italian

1 entries

rescindere verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)

Kapampangan

1 entries

ipayalang-bisa verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)

Kazakh

1 entries

бұзу verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)

Korean

2 entries

취소하다 verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)
폐지하다 verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)

Latin

1 entries

rescindō verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)

Māori

1 entries

whakakorekore verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)

Polish

2 entries

anulować verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)
cofnąć verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)

Portuguese

1 entries

rescindir verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)

Russian

3 entries

аннули́ровать verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)
расто́ргнуть verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)
расторга́ть verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)

Spanish

1 entries

rescindir verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)

Swedish

4 entries

annullera verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)
ogiltigförklara verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)
upphäva verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)
återkalla verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)

Tagalog

2 entries

ipawalang-bisa verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)
magpawalang-bisa verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)

Turkish

2 entries

feshetmek verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)
lağvetmek verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)

Ukrainian

3 entries

анулюва́ти verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)
розірвати verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)
скасува́ти verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)

Urdu

1 entries

منسوخ کر دینا verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)

Welsh

3 entries

adalw verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)
diddymu verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)
dirymu verb (repeal, annul, or declare void)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Juggalos, as supporters of the rap group Insane Clown Posse are known, gather in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington during a rally, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017, to protest and demand that the FBI rescind its classification of the juggalos as "loosely organized hybrid gang."

Source: tatoeba (6331933)

He wants to rescind it.

Source: tatoeba (12425916)

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

Source: wiktionary

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.

Source: wiktionary

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