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rescind

/ɹɪˈsɪnd/rih-SIND
/ɹɪˈsɪnd/rih-SIND

Meaningto tear back

Common meaning: to cancel a law or order

‘again’ + ‘to split apart, tear’ → rescind

Journey through time

  1. Latinscindō, scidī, scissum‘to split apart, tear’
  2. Frenchrescinder
  3. Englishrescind‘to cancel a law or order’ · today

re- also in: reactrebelrelaxrepelreply

scind also in: scission

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin scindō ‘to split apart, tear’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry scindō, p. 1642 · dictionary scan

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Related words

scission

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