rescind

rescind is a 7-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To cut off; to abrogate; to annul. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To cut off; to abrogate; to annul.
2. transitive verb. Specifically, to vacate or make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or by superior authority; to repeal; as, to rescind a law, a resolution, or a vote; to rescind a decree or a judgment.
3. verb. cancel officially

   "He revoked the ban on smoking"

   "lift an embargo"

   Synonyms: annul, countermand, lift, overturn, repeal, reverse, revoke, vacate

Synonyms

annul, countermand, lift, overturn, repeal, reverse, revoke, vacate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in rescind:

cinders, discern

Common word forms

rescinds, rescinded, rescinder, rescinding, rescindable, rescindment

Words from these letters

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