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Dissolve vs Rescind - What's the difference?

dissolve | rescind |

In transitive terms the difference between dissolve and rescind

is that dissolve is to break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate while rescind is to repeal, annul, or declare void; to take (something such as a rule or contract) out of effect.

As a noun dissolve

is a film punctuation in which there is a gradual transition from one scene to the next.

dissolve

English

(dissolution)

Verb

(dissolv)
  • To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding
  • ''The ruling party or coalition sometimes dissolves parliament early when the polls are favorable, hoping to reconvene with a larger majority
  • To destroy, make disappear
  • To liquify, melt into a fluid
  • * Shakespeare
  • as if the world were all dissolved to tears
  • To be melted, changed into a fluid
  • (chemistry) To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or gas.
  • (chemistry) To be disintegrated by such immersion.
  • To disperse, drive apart a group of persons.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Nothing can dissolve us.
  • To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
  • * Fairfax
  • Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved asunder.
  • * The Declaration of Independence
  • For one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another.
  • (legal) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release.
  • to dissolve an injunction
  • (cinematography) To shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades in.
  • To resolve itself as by dissolution
  • (obsolete) To solve; to clear up; to resolve.
  • * Tennyson
  • dissolved the mystery
  • * Bible, Daniel v. 16
  • Make interpretations and dissolve doubts.
  • To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
  • * Dryden
  • Angels dissolved in hallelujahs lie.

    Synonyms

    * melt * (cinematography) fade out

    Derived terms

    * dissolvable * dissolver

    Antonyms

    * (terminate a union of multiple members actively) establish, found

    See also

    * melt

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (cinematography) A film punctuation in which there is a gradual transition from one scene to the next.
  • Synonyms

    * fade out

    rescind

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • 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.

    Synonyms

    * annul * cancel * repeal

    Anagrams

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