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rescinding

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rescind (third-person singular simple present rescinds, present participle rescinding, simple past and past participle rescinded)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

Noun

rescinding (plural rescindings)

  1. An instance of something being rescinded.

Forms of rescinding

pluralrescindings

Questions about rescinding

What does rescinding mean?
Rescinding means an instance of something being rescinded.
What is rescinding the present participle and gerund of?
Rescinding is the present participle and gerund of rescind.
What part of speech is rescinding?
Rescinding is a noun.
What is the plural of rescinding?
The plural of rescinding is rescindings.

Words near rescinding in the dictionary

  1. rescinded
  2. rescinder
  3. rescinders
  4. rescindeth
  5. rescindible
  6. rescinding
  7. rescindings
  8. rescindment
  9. rescindments
  10. rescinds
  11. rescinnamine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rescinding (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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