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A Word A Day : Rescind
Wednesday, 12th December 2007 : Today's Word is ...
Rescind
{past and past participle - rescinded : present participle - rescinding : 3rd person present singular - rescinds}
Pronunciation : ri-sínd
1. To make void, repeal or annul
2. To cancel officially
Mid-16th century - Latin rescindere - cut back - scindere - to cut
withdraw, annul, cancel, repeal, overturn, quash, void, retract, revoke, make null and void
allow, approve, enact, enforce, permit, authorize
• One party to a contract may violate it--break it, so to speak. But does it not require all to lawfully rescind it?
• When did the lawmakers rescind the questioned regulation?
1. rescindable: Adjective
2. rescinder: Noun
3. rescindment: Noun
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