Antonyms for rescind

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ri-sind

Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈsɪnd

Definition of rescind

Origin : 1630s, from French rescinder "cut off, cancel" (15c.), and directly from Latin rescindere "to cut off, tear off, abolish," from re- "back" (see re-) + scindere "to cut, split" (see shed (v.)). Related: Rescinded; rescinding.

verb declare null and void

Example sentences :

He insists that we rescind the contract, or accept all its consequences.
Extract from : « That Boy Of Norcott's » by Charles James Lever

The assembly decided, by a vote of 92 to 17, that it would not rescind.
Extract from : « The War of Independence » by John Fiske

Let Britain rescind her measures, or the colonies are lost to her forever.
Extract from : « The American Revolution » by John Fiske

Let Britons rescind their measures, or they are lost forever!'
Extract from : « Elsie Yachting with the Raymonds » by Martha Finley

But he spoke no word to induce Ivan to rescind his resolution.
Extract from : « Black Diamonds » by Mr Jkai

Lady Harman ought to have been able to rescind her marriage.
Extract from : « The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman » by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

The Burgesses petitioned Dinwiddie to rescind it so far as Virginia was concerned.
Extract from : « Give Me Liberty » by Thomas J. Wertenbaker

Rescind Pasha, the Grand Vizier, is a man of about sixty years of age.
Extract from : « The Lands of the Saracen » by Bayard Taylor

And now we would not rescind our first resolution; we exult in it.
Extract from : « The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915 » by Various

Next morning a few of the colonists assembled at the Agency House and vociferously demanded the Agent to rescind his order.
Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 » by Various

Synonyms for rescind

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