Events
Synonyms for rescind
The synonym for rescind recorded in this bank is revoke, in the sense "to formally cancel or withdraw something previously granted". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for rescind
- revokeverb, in the sense "to formally cancel or withdraw something previously granted"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and rescind carries one sense so far.
to formally cancel or withdraw something previously granted
The organizers had to rescind Tuesday's invitations after the venue flooded overnight.
The true synonym
revoke
Same sentence, swapped: The organizers had to revoke Tuesday's invitations after the venue flooded overnight.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot rescind is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- reschedule
- ratify
- disclose
Where rescind turns up in the game
rescind is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where rescind is the trap
- unveilverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is debut, in the sense "to reveal something publicly for the first time", with rescind sitting one tile away.
- trumpverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is supersede, in the sense "to surpass or override by a stronger claim or move", and rescind is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play rescind
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so rescind reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other events words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. rescind carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.