rescind

3 definitions • 3 examples

to 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The policy of charging air travellers for vegetarian meals proved unpopular and has already been rescinded.

to make a law, order, or decision no longer have any legal effect:

The vote rescinds zoning decisions made earlier in the decade.

to officially end a law, take back a decision, or say that an agreement no longer exists:

rescind a law/contract/decision We urge the committee to rescind its decision.