rescind
rih-SINDverbMeaning to take back or cancel an order, offer or decision
Memory hook re-SCIND: CUT the order back off. Ms. Ada writes HOMEWORK on the board, then the class wins the spelling bee, and she crosses it right off. To take back an order is to rescind it.
The coach rescinded the extra laps after the team apologized.
In context The company offered Jamal the job, then rescinded the offer a week later when it discovered it could not afford to hire anyone new.
Similar revoke, cancel, withdraw, take back
Opposite grant, issue, enact
From Latin rescindere, “to cut off, to annul”: re (back) + scindere (to cut).