What does rescind mean?
Word: Rescind
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Rescind means to officially cancel a rule, law or decision so that it no longer applies.
Synonyms: cancel, revoke, withdraw
Word origin: Taken from Latin in the 1500s.
How do you spell rescind?
Syllables: re - scind
Tricky part: The c is silent, so students write resind or recind. The word has sc together, as in scissors.
Watch out for: resind, recind, resscind
Memory tip: Scissors snip a rule out of the book, and they share that quiet sc.
Rescind in a sentence
Example 1: The club rescinded its rule on junior members using the courts.
Example 2: The school may rescind the decision if enough parents object.
Example 3: The board rescinded the new timetable within a week.
Fun Fact
Its Latin source pictured something being cut back or torn away, a strong image for cancelling a decision.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell Spies
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) ascend
b) transcend
c) descend
d) rescend
Show answer
d) rescend. The other three end in end, but cancelling a rule takes an i.
Word Puzzle
Match each word with its opposite:
1. rescind 2. replenish 3. rebuke a. empty b. praise c. enact
a) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b
b) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b
c) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a
d) 1-b, 2-a, 3-c
Show answer
b) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b. To replenish a tank is the reverse of emptying it, and a rebuke is the reverse of praise.
Word Champ
Choose the correct word for the blank:
After families wrote in, the council agreed to ____ the new parking fee.
a) recede
b) rescind
c) recite
d) resound
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b) rescind. A fee can be cancelled, but it cannot resound, recede or be recited.
Word Tally
How many words are misspelt in the sentence?
The headmistress decided to rescind the ban on mobile phones for the annual science exibition in the school hall.
a) 1
b) 0
c) 3
d) 2
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a) 1. Exhibition needs an h after the x; the rest of the sentence is fine.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A school rescinds a rule about wearing ties. What follows?
a) Pupils are told to wear them daily.
b) Pupils no longer have to wear them.
c) Pupils must now buy two ties each.
d) Pupils choose a new colour of tie.
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b) Pupils no longer have to wear them.
2. Only one of these can be rescinded. Which is it?
a) a town's ban on plastic bags
b) a town's oldest stone bridge
c) a town's height above sea level
d) a town's rainfall last year
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a) a town's ban on plastic bags
