MEANING
To cancel or withdraw a decision, order, offer, or agreement.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- rescind an order
- rescind an offer
On the page
The commander rescinded the order after seeing the child's name.
They rescinded the offer before she could reply.
Nearby words
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- rescind
- Past tense
- rescinded
- Past participle
- rescinded
- Present participle
- rescinding
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- rescind
- Present continuous
- am/is/are rescinding
- Present perfect
- have/has rescinded
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been rescinding
- Past
- rescinded
- Past continuous
- was/were rescinding
- Past perfect
- had rescinded
- Past perfect continuous
- had been rescinding
- Future
- will rescind
- Future continuous
- will be rescinding
- Future perfect
- will have rescinded
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been rescinding
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: rescind; rescinds; rescinded; rescinded; rescinding Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: rescinds.
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