Meanings
present singular third person rescinds · participle present rescinding · participle past rescinded · past rescinded
- 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Coinbase also rescinded hundreds of job offers.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, →ISSNSynonyms: cancel, annul, repeal, countermand, revoke, recall
- transitiveTo cut away or off.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo repeal, annul, or declare void; to take (something such as a rule or contract) out of effect.
More synonyms by meaning
verbcancel officially
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinrescindō“to cut back”
- Englishrescind
From the Latin rescindō (“to cut back”), from re- (“back”) + scindō (“to cut”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian отменям, анулирам
- отменям (otmenjam)repeal, annul, or declare void
- анулирам (anuliram)repeal, annul, or declare void
Chinese Mandarin 撤消, 撤廢 /撤废
- 撤消 (chèxiāo)repeal, annul, or declare void
- 撤廢 /撤废 (chèfèi)repeal, annul, or declare void
Czech zrušit, odvolat
- zrušitrepeal, annul, or declare void
- odvolatrepeal, annul, or declare void
- anulovatrepeal, annul, or declare void
Dutch terugtrekken, annuleren
- terugtrekkenrepeal, annul, or declare void
- annulerenrepeal, annul, or declare void
- herroepenrepeal, annul, or declare void
Finnish kumota, peruuttaa
- kumotarepeal, annul, or declare void
- peruuttaarepeal, annul, or declare void
- mitätöidärepeal, annul, or declare void
French abroger, annuler
- abrogerrepeal, annul, or declare void
- annulerrepeal, annul, or declare void
German widerrufen, annullieren
- widerrufenrepeal, annul, or declare void
- annullierenrepeal, annul, or declare void
- aufhebenrepeal, annul, or declare void
- für ungültig erklärenrepeal, annul, or declare void
- rückgängig machenrepeal, annul, or declare void
- außer Kraft setzenrepeal, annul, or declare void
- zurücknehmenrepeal, annul, or declare void
- zurückziehenrepeal, annul, or declare void
Hindi मनसूख
- मनसूख (mansūkh)repeal, annul, or declare void
Hungarian hatályon kívül helyez, eltöröl
- hatályon kívül helyezrepeal, annul, or declare void
- eltörölrepeal, annul, or declare void
- érvénytelenítrepeal, annul, or declare void
- visszavonrepeal, annul, or declare void
- hatálytalanítrepeal, annul, or declare void
- megsemmisítrepeal, annul, or declare void
Icelandic rifta, ógilda
- riftarepeal, annul, or declare void
- ógildarepeal, annul, or declare void
- nema úr gildirepeal, annul, or declare void
- fella úr gildirepeal, annul, or declare void
Irish cuir ar ceal
- cuir ar cealrepeal, annul, or declare void
Italian rescindere
- rescindererepeal, annul, or declare void
Korean 취소하다, 폐지하다
- 취소하다 (chwisohada)repeal, annul, or declare void
- 폐지하다 (pyejihada)repeal, annul, or declare void
Latin rescindō
- rescindōrepeal, annul, or declare void
Māori whakakorekore
- whakakorekorerepeal, annul, or declare void
Polish anulować, cofnąć
- anulowaćrepeal, annul, or declare void
- cofnąćrepeal, annul, or declare void
Portuguese rescindir
- rescindirrepeal, annul, or declare void
Russian расторга́ть, расто́ргнуть
- расторга́ть (rastorgátʹ)repeal, annul, or declare void
- расто́ргнуть (rastórgnutʹ)repeal, annul, or declare void
- аннули́ровать (annulírovatʹ)repeal, annul, or declare void
Spanish rescindir
- rescindirrepeal, annul, or declare void
Swedish upphäva, återkalla
- upphävarepeal, annul, or declare void
- återkallarepeal, annul, or declare void
- ogiltigförklararepeal, annul, or declare void
- annullerarepeal, annul, or declare void
Tagalog ipawalang-bisa, magpawalang-bisa
- ipawalang-bisarepeal, annul, or declare void
- magpawalang-bisarepeal, annul, or declare void
Turkish feshetmek, lağvetmek
- feshetmekrepeal, annul, or declare void
- lağvetmekrepeal, annul, or declare void
Ukrainian анулюва́ти, скасува́ти
- анулюва́ти (anuljuváty)repeal, annul, or declare void
- скасува́ти (skasuváty)repeal, annul, or declare void
- розірвати (rozirvaty)repeal, annul, or declare void
Urdu منسوخ کر دینا
- منسوخ کر دیناrepeal, annul, or declare void
Welsh diddymu, dirymu
- diddymurepeal, annul, or declare void
- dirymurepeal, annul, or declare void
- adalwrepeal, annul, or declare void
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with rescind
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Cite this entry
rescind. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rescind
“rescind.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rescind. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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