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to formally cancel or nullify

The commander rescinded the order.

When the school learned about the plagiarism, they rescinded her passing grade.
They rescinded the peace treaty after the change in government.
One party to a contract may violate it—break it, so to speak; but does it not require all to lawfully rescind it?
Lincoln, Abraham -- Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address
No telling how soon I may have to rescind it.
Oppenheim, E. Phillips -- The Kingdom of the Blind
"Let me hope that you will rescind that resolution about the horse, Miss Brooke," said the persevering admirer.
Eliot, George -- Middlemarch
Hopefully the Feds won't rescind their offer.
Ellen Hopkins -- Glass
If he'd only kept his distance she would have released him as soon as he'd managed to get her declaration of incompetence rescinded.
Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Played with Fire
He also believed that Salander's declaration of incompetence should not be rescinded.
Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Rescind that order, Mellie, and urn, who's on guard duty—Teriyaki?
Rick Riordan -- The Lost Hero
The family allowed Ellaha to resume her job, but her boss rescinded his offer of foreign study when he realized her family adamantly opposed the plan.
Nicholas D. Kristof -- Half the Sky
It did not matter to Sol that the command had been rescinded at the last moment.
Dan Simmons -- Hyperion
"I require but one thing to rescind my ban:' Lorren said.
Patrick Rothfuss -- The Name of the Wind
Anticipating this ruling, the army's Western Defense Command had already announced that the mass exclusion orders of 1942 were being rescinded.
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston & James D. Houston -- Farewell to Manzanar
I'd thought I'd rescinded that invitation — not that I'd ever dreamed Jacob would comehere, regardless.
Stephenie Meyer -- Eclipse
We were glad the order was rescinded, but suspicious as to why.
Nelson Mandela -- Long Walk to Freedom
They couldn't grant or rescind privileges, help us get rid of smelly roommates, stop aides from pestering us.
Susanna Kaysen -- Girl Interrupted
Vanderbilt worked on Riddle for a few days to get the owner to rescind his boycott of Pimlico and bring his colt back to meet Seabiscuit.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Seabiscuit
"In a year or so, let's say two, you will initiate negotiations in the district court to have my declaration of incompetence rescinded.
Stieg Larsson -- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
It was, however, to be an experiment only; and, if either of the parties thought fit to rescind the engagement, it was left at his option so to do.
James Fenimore Cooper -- The Pioneers

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