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rescinded

rescinded is the simple past and past participle of rescind.

Meaning of rescind

Verb

rescind (third-person singular simple present rescinds, present participle rescinding, simple past and past participle rescinded)

  1. (transitive) To repeal, annul, or declare void; to take (something such as a rule or contract) out of effect.
    • The agency will rescind the policy because many people are dissatisfied with it.
  2. (transitive) To cut away or off.

Questions about rescinded

What is rescinded the simple past and past participle of?
Rescinded is the simple past and past participle of rescind.

Words near rescinded in the dictionary

  1. Rescigno
  2. Rescignos
  3. rescimetol
  4. rescind
  5. rescindable
  6. rescinded
  7. rescinder
  8. rescinders
  9. rescindeth
  10. rescindible
  11. rescinding

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rescinded (page history and authors); rescind (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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