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verb

rescind

to revoke, cancel, or repeal a law, order, or agreement

In a sentence

Six example sentences with rescind, each labelled with its topic.

  • The council voted to rescind the parking ban after shopkeepers showed that morning trade had fallen by half.

    Law

  • The board moved to rescind the bonus scheme once auditors traced the targets to figures nobody could verify.

    Business

  • The league will rescind the technical foul, since replay showed the contact came from the opposing forward.

    Basketball

  • The governor agreed to rescind the curfew order once county sheriffs reported that the flood roads had reopened.

    Politics

  • The bank chose to rescind the new account fee after customers moved eleven thousand deposits in a single week.

    Finance

  • The developers decided to rescind the ban on custom maps once they saw how many players the community versions had drawn.

    Gaming

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