rescind

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The Word of the Day for December 23 is: 

rescind   \rih-SIND\   verb
          1 : to take away : remove 
    *2 : take back : cancel 
     3 : to make void (as an act) by action of the enacting authority or a 
superior authority : repeal 

Example sentence:
          The union rescinded its call for a strike when management agreed to 
many of the workers' demands.

Did you know?
          "Rescind" and the lesser-known words "exscind" and "prescind" all 
come from the Latin verb "scindere," which means "to cut" or "to split." 
"Rescind" was adapted from its Latin predecessor "rescindere" in the second 
half of the 16th century, and "prescind" (from "praescindere") and "exscind" 
(from "exscindere") followed in the mid-17th century. "Exscind" means "to cut 
off" or "to excise," and "prescind" means "to withdraw one's attention," but 
neither appears frequently in contemporary English. Of the three borrowings, 
only "rescind" established itself as a common English term. You might hear of 
someone rescinding a contract or an offer, or of a legislative body rescinding 
a law. 





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