rescind

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Now, if you went to Notre Dame instead, you wouldn't even have an offer to rescind, which is the new killing it. guest, Apr 17, 2009 7: 13PM

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  1. transitive verb To make void; repeal or annul.

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  • They refused to rescind, and were dissolved accordingly. —  Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry
  • In the debate which ensued upon this royal order, Otis said We are asked to rescind, are we? —  James Otis The Pre-Revolutionist
  • To help them maintain their farms while Wall Street and credit markets crash, I think we need to rescind or delay the PVP laws concerning saved seed from farmers.
  • The vote to rescind, which was unanimous, means Perrotto Builders of Reading will lose its —  Berks county news
  • The legislation would enable the president to single out egregious earmarks in bills that arrive on his desk for signature and send these specific items back to Congress for expedited votes on whether to rescind, or cancel, funding for these provisions. —  YubaNet.com
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rescind:   rescinding ·  rescinded
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin rescindere : re-, re- + scindere, to split; see skei- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Old French (and F.) rescinder =Spanish Portuguese rescindir =Italian rescindere, cut off, cancel, from Latin rescindere, cut off, annul, from re, back, + scindere, past participle scissus, cut: see scission.
 

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