RESCIND


Meaning of RESCIND in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ri-ˈsind ]

transitive verb

Etymology: Latin rescindere to annul, from re- + scindere to cut — more at shed

Date: 1579

1. : to take away : remove

2.

a. : take back , cancel

refused to rescind the order

b. : to abrogate (a contract) and restore the parties to the positions they would have occupied had there been no contract

3. : to make void (as an act) by action of the enacting authority or a superior authority : repeal

• re·scind·er noun

• re·scind·ment -ˈsin(d)-mənt noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.