rescind
rescind[rɪˈsɪnd]verb- [with obj.]revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement)
(法律、命令或协议)废除,取消
the government eventually rescinded the directive.
政府最终废除了这个指令。
派生rescindableadjective语源- mid 16th cent.: from Latin rescindere, from re- (expressing intensive force) + scindere 'to divide, split'
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