unrescinded
Definition
Adjective: Not cancelled, revoked, or annulled. "Unrescinded" describes a law, contract, rule, or agreement that remains in full effect and has not been formally withdrawn or invalidated.
Usage Examples
- (The decree was never officially cancelled.)
- (The contract was not annulled.)
- (The regulation was not revoked.)
Advanced Usage
"to remain unrescinded": to stay in force without formal cancellation.
- The emergency powers granted by the government remained unrescinded after the crisis ended. (The powers were not withdrawn.)
"to leave something unrescinded": to deliberately avoid cancelling a legal or formal measure.
- The board left the original policy unrescinded while reviewing new proposals. (The policy was kept active.)
Variants and Related Words
Rescind (verb): to revoke, cancel, or annul formally.
- The company decided to rescind the job offer. (To withdraw the offer.)
Rescission (noun): the act of cancelling or annulling a contract, law, or agreement.
- The rescission of the treaty caused diplomatic tensions. (The cancellation of the treaty.)
Unrescindable (adjective): incapable of being cancelled or revoked.
- The constitutional amendment was considered unrescindable. (Could not be revoked.)
Synonyms
- Unrepealed: not officially withdrawn or abolished (especially of laws).
- Unrevoked: not cancelled or invalidated.
- Intact: remaining whole and unchanged; not altered or annulled.
- Valid: legally or officially acceptable; still in effect.
Related Idioms
Still in force: continuing to be legally binding or effective.
- The old curfew law is still in force, though rarely enforced. (It remains unrescinded.)
Written in stone: permanently fixed and unchangeable (often metaphorically).
- The terms of the treaty seemed written in stone, unrescinded by any later agreement. (Permanently valid.)
Antonyms
- Rescinded: formally cancelled or annulled.
- Repealed: officially revoked (especially of laws).
- Nullified: made legally void or ineffective.