Synonyms of rescind

rescind

verb

ri-ˈsind 

1

as in to cancel

to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)

the library refused to rescind its decision to include the controversial book in its collection

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cancel
• revoke
• abandon
• scrap
• repeal
• abort
• withdraw
• recall
• terminate
• suspend
• scrub
• call off
• call
• nullify
• invalidate
• drop
• reverse
• annul
• retract
• abrogate
• halt
• cry off
• discontinue
• end
• recant
• interrupt
• stop
• void
• take back
• relinquish
• write off
• countermand
• roll back
• hold back
• surrender
• break off
• give up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continue
• keep
• engage
• begin
• start
• initiate
• pledge
• promise
• undertake
• take up
• commence
• take on

2

as in to abolish

to put an end to by formal action

the new mayor vowed not to seek to rescind existing laws prohibiting smoking in the city's public places

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abolish
• repeal
• cancel
• overturn
• vacate
• revoke
• avoid
• invalidate
• nullify
• annul
• abrogate
• withdraw
• void
• quash
• suspend
• dismiss
• negate
• dissolve
• roll back
• set aside
• retract
• strike down
• abate
• null
• veto
• reject
• reverse
• disannul
• do away with
• overrule
• remove
• override
• forbid
• eliminate
• prohibit
• ban
• recall
• countermand
• erase
• enjoin
• abort
• disallow
• outlaw
• call
• call off
• eradicate
• liquidate
• drop
• annihilate
• throw out
• write off
• break down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• enact
• establish
• found
• legislate
• lay down
• institute
• legitimate
• approve
• permit
• authorize
• validate
• pass
• ratify
• allow
• endorse
• warrant
• prescribe
• order
• legitimize
• legalize
• formalize
• clear
• sanction
• command
• indorse
• mandate
• decree

Examples of rescind in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Last year, for example, the US Environmental Protection Agency was forced to rescind new cybersecurity guidelines for water systems after water companies and Republicans in Congress filed a lawsuit over the initiative. —Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 6 Aug. 2024

Prison policy Under the Trump administration, then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions in 2017 rescinded an Obama-era initiative to phase out private prisons. —Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2024

The Biden administration rescinded the policy after three federal courts stopped it from taking effect. —John Wilkerson and Rachel Cohrs Zhang, STAT, 15 Aug. 2024

Less than a month after Nez left office, the new administration rescinded the mask mandates, marking the beginning of dismantling the COVID-19 measures that Nez's administration had put in place. —Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 10 Aug. 2024

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