Word of the Day: RESCIND

Retract, revoke, or repeal

rescind (verb) - to void or repeal; to cut off or abolish (also rescission) [ri-sind]

BREAKDOWN: RE- (back) + SCIS- (to cut)

• rescission is the act of canceling or voiding a contract; the unwinding of a transaction (also rescision)

• rescindment is the act of officially canceling or revoking something

“No one can create a noteworthy work without knowing the tenets of their own language and literature. Language is renewed but it never changes its essence, because the contracts that have come about over time for communication cannot be rescinded so easily.” —Simin Behbahani

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