rescindmentn.
/rᵻˈsɪn(d)m(ə)nt/, U.S. /rəˈsɪn(d)m(ə)nt/, /riˈsɪn(d)m(ə)nt/ Annulment, repeal, abrogation; an instance of this.
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society > law > rule of law > illegality > [noun] > legal invalidity or faultiness > annulment or abrogation
reversing?a1425
repealing1431
abatementc1436
cancellingc1440
annullation1449
defeasance1456
voidance1488
reversal1489
reduction1496
repeal1503
extinguishment1528
disannulling1533
abrogation1535
obrogation1535
unplacing1554
nullity1555
reversement1572
reclaim1604
disaffirmancea1626
avoidance1628
rescinding1638
cassating1647
vacating1648
voiding1649
defease1650
annulment1651
unlawing1651
defeat1657
vacuating1684
peremption1726
invalidation1771
rescindment1783
supersession1790
disaffirmation1827
disenactment1859
discharge1892
1783 Minutes Evid. Baltinglass Election 17 The witness thought himself ill treated, and told them a future day would recall that rescindment.
1812 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 12 62/2 Mr. Pattison..made a motion..with a view to get rid of the foregoing resolutions, without a formal rescindment of them.
1892 W. R. Thayer Dawn of Ital. Independence (1893) I. ii. vi. 268 The rescindment came too late.
1934 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 173 112/1 The most important task ahead of the Consumers' Advisory Board is..to campaign vigorously for the rescindment of clauses which are truly inimical to consumers.
1963 Connecticut Hist. Soc. Jan. 16 The Middletown Convention tried to secure rescindment of commutation.
1995 A. Parsons Cold War to Hot Peace 267 The result was an American veto..of a mild resolution declaring the act illegal and seeking its rescindment.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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