Rescind
/rɪˈsɪnd/noun
To revoke, cancel, or annul something officially.
Did you know?Rescind comes from Latin rescindere, literally “to cut off again,” and its root scindere also gave English words tied to splitting and ripping apart.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*skei-
“to cut, split”
Latin
Latin
scindere
“to split, tear, cut apart”
Latin
Latin
rescindere
“to cut off, annul, repeal”
Late Middle English
English
rescinden
“to repeal, revoke, annul”
Modern English
English
rescind
“to revoke or cancel officially”
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