Officially canceled or revoked a law, rule, contract, or decision that was previously made.
From Latin 'rescindere' (to cut back), combining 're-' (back) and 'scindere' (to cut). Used in English legal terminology since the 1600s to indicate formal withdrawal of authority.
Major historical moments turn on rescinded laws—when the Indian government rescinded Article 370 in 2019 or when FDR rescinded the ban on alcohol, a single word captured enormous political and social shifts.
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