Terminate vs. Rescind — What's the Difference?

To bring to an end or halt

To make void; repeal or annul.

To occur at or form the end of; conclude or finish

(transitive) To repeal, annul, or declare void; to take (something such as a rule or contract) out of effect.

To discontinue the employment of; dismiss

(transitive) To cut away or off.

To murder or assassinate (someone).

To cut off; to abrogate; to annul.

To come to an end; reach a stopping point

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.

To form an end or produce a result. Often used with in

Annul by recalling or rescinding;

(transitive) To end something, especially when left in an incomplete state.

(transitive) To conclude.

(transitive) To set or be a limit or boundary to.

To kill someone or something.

To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off.

(intransitive) To end, conclude, or cease; to come to an end.

(intransitive) Of a mode of transport, to end its journey; or, of a railway line, to reach its terminus.

(intransitive) To issue or result.

Terminated; limited; bounded; ended.

Having a definite and clear limit or boundary; having a determinate size, shape or magnitude.

(mathematics) Expressible in a finite number of terms; (of a decimal) not recurring or infinite.

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.

To put an end to; to make to cease; as, to terminate an effort, or a controversy.

Hence, to put the finishing touch to; to bring to completion; to perfect.

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.

To come to a limit in time; to end; to close.

Bring to an end or halt;

Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical;

Be the end of; be the last or concluding part of;

Terminate the employment of;