Terminate vs. Rescind — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Terminate and Rescind
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Terminate
To bring to an end or halt
"His action terminated the most hopeful period of reform in Prussian history" (Gordon A. Craig).
Rescind
To make void; repeal or annul.
Terminate
To occur at or form the end of; conclude or finish
A display of fireworks that terminated the festivities.
Rescind
(transitive) To repeal, annul, or declare void; to take (something such as a rule or contract) out of effect.
The agency will rescind the policy because many people are dissatisfied with it.
Terminate
To discontinue the employment of; dismiss
A company that terminated 300 workers.
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Rescind
(transitive) To cut away or off.
Terminate
To murder or assassinate (someone).
Rescind
To cut off; to abrogate; to annul.
The blessed Jesus . . . did sacramentally rescind the impure relics of Adam and the contraction of evil customs.
Terminate
To come to an end; reach a stopping point
The oil pipeline terminates at a shipping port. The negotiations terminated with a celebration.
Rescind
Specifically, to vacate or make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or by superior authority; to repeal; as, to rescind a law, a resolution, or a vote; to rescind a decree or a judgment.
Terminate
To form an end or produce a result. Often used with in
"The Peloponnesian war ... terminated in the ruin of the Athenian commonwealth" (Alexander Hamilton).
Rescind
Annul by recalling or rescinding;
He revoked the ban on smoking
Lift an embargo
Vacate a death sentence
Terminate
(transitive) To end something, especially when left in an incomplete state.
To terminate a process before its completion
To terminate an effort, or a controversy
Terminate
(transitive) To conclude.
Terminate
(transitive) To set or be a limit or boundary to.
To terminate a surface by a line
Terminate
To kill someone or something.
The enemy must be terminated by any means possible.
Terminate
To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off.
Terminate
(intransitive) To end, conclude, or cease; to come to an end.
Terminate
(intransitive) Of a mode of transport, to end its journey; or, of a railway line, to reach its terminus.
This train terminates at the next station.
Terminate
(intransitive) To issue or result.
Terminate
Terminated; limited; bounded; ended.
Terminate
Having a definite and clear limit or boundary; having a determinate size, shape or magnitude.
Mountains on the Moon cast shadows that are very dark, terminate and more distinct than those cast by mountains on the Earth.
Terminate
(mathematics) Expressible in a finite number of terms; (of a decimal) not recurring or infinite.
One third is a recurring decimal, but one half is a terminate decimal.
Terminate
To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by a line.
Terminate
To put an end to; to make to cease; as, to terminate an effort, or a controversy.
Terminate
Hence, to put the finishing touch to; to bring to completion; to perfect.
During this interval of calm and prosperity, he [Michael Angelo] terminated two figures of slaves, destined for the tomb, in an incomparable style of art.
Terminate
To be limited in space by a point, line, or surface; to stop short; to end; to cease; as, the torrid zone terminates at the tropics.
Terminate
To come to a limit in time; to end; to close.
The wisdom of this world, its designs and efficacy, terminate on zhis side heaven.
Terminate
Bring to an end or halt;
She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime
The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WWI
Terminate
Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical;
The bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed
Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other
My property ends by the bushes
The symphony ends in a pianissimo
Terminate
Be the end of; be the last or concluding part of;
This sad scene ended the movie
Terminate
Terminate the employment of;
The boss fired his secretary today
The company terminated 25% of its workers
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