Synonyms of rescinds

rescinds

verb

present tense third-person singular of rescind

1

as in cancels

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

• cancels
• abandons
• revokes
• repeals
• aborts
• scraps
• withdraws
• recalls
• suspends
• terminates
• reverses
• drops
• halts
• calls
• scrubs
• nullifies
• abrogates
• invalidates
• calls off
• retracts
• ends
• annuls
• recants
• interrupts
• discontinues
• cries off
• voids
• stops
• relinquishes
• countermands
• takes back
• writes off
• rolls back
• breaks off
• surrenders
• holds back
• gives up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continues
• keeps
• begins
• promises
• engages
• starts
• initiates
• commences
• undertakes
• pledges
• takes up
• takes on

2

as in abolishes

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

• abolishes
• repeals
• cancels
• overturns
• vacates
• avoids
• revokes
• invalidates
• nullifies
• abrogates
• withdraws
• dismisses
• suspends
• voids
• quashes
• negates
• annuls
• dissolves
• reverses
• rejects
• strikes down
• retracts
• abates
• rolls back
• vetoes
• forbids
• sets aside
• does away with
• overrules
• nulls
• removes
• prohibits
• overrides
• eliminates
• disannuls
• bans
• erases
• recalls
• countermands
• aborts
• enjoins
• disallows
• calls
• outlaws
• eradicates
• drops
• liquidates
• annihilates
• calls off
• breaks down
• throws out
• writes off

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• enacts
• establishes
• lays down
• institutes
• founds
• approves
• authorizes
• passes
• validates
• legislates
• permits
• endorses
• allows
• orders
• prescribes
• legitimizes
• clears
• ratifies
• formalizes
• warrants
• legalizes
• legitimates
• mandates
• sanctions
• decrees
• commands

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rescinds

The acting attorney general formally rescinds a bad idea to win Senate confirmation. — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2026

The memo permanently rescinds the prior HUD guidance notices. — Shari Wald Garrett, Miami Herald, 18 June 2026

If the court decides to strike down the rule, or if the FDA rescinds it, then women in all states would no longer be able to get the pills by mail, not just in the 13 total-ban states. — Naomi Cahn, The Conversation, 15 May 2026

The tentative agreement also increases work hours to ensure thousands of workers have health care benefits, rescinds layoffs for hundreds of IT technicians and expands health care benefits for teacher assistants and others, according to SEIU Local 99. — Sarah Lynch Baldwin, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026

The policy rescinds prior guidance that did not treat the failure to apply for a green card as grounds for deportation. — Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 19 Feb. 2026

The rule finalized by the Environmental Protection Agency rescinds a 2009 government declaration known as the endangerment finding that determined that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare. — Matthew Daly, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2026

So if Strauber rescinds her letter, Mamdani can agree. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2026

The move rescinds regulations enacted in 1973, which DOJ officials say were never part of the original Civil Rights Act passed by Congress. — Associate News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025