rescind

What it means

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

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

   1 more example

   Coinbase also rescinded hundreds of job offers.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.

   2022 June 29, David Yaffe-Bellany, “Crypto Crash Widens a Divide: ‘Those With Money Will End Up Being Fine’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   Synonyms: cancel, annul, repeal, countermand, revoke, recall

2. transitiveTo cut away or off.

In a sentence

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

Where it comes from

1. Latinrescindō“to cut back”
2. Englishrescind

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