rescindverb [ T ]
uk/rɪˈsɪnd/us/rɪˈsɪnd/formalto make a law, agreement, order, or decision no longer have any (legal) power:
The policy of charging air travellers for vegetarian meals proved unpopular and has already been rescinded.
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UK politics: legislation & law-making
- abolish
- abrogate
- amendment
- assemblyman
- assemblywoman
- constitution
- constitutional
- jurisprudence
- lawmaker
- legalize
- legislate
- legislative
- legitimate
- passage
- prohibition
- proscribe
- quash
- repeal
- rescission
- rider
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