rescission, n. 1. repeal, revocation, reversal, abrogation, abolishment, abolition, rescinding, rescindment; annulment, annulling, disannulment, nullification, voidance, avoidance, Law. defeasance; quashing, invalidation, vitiation, Obs. vacatur, disenactment, disestablishment, setting aside; cancellation, discharge; suspension, Law. nolle prosequi, discontinuance, cessation.
2. recantation, retraction, retractation, abjuration, withdrawal, recall; taking back, undoing, Cards, renege; renouncement, renunciation, relinquishment, abnegation, repudiation, denial, disclaimer, disavowal; apostasy, change of mind, tergiversation; countermand, counterorder, overruling, overriding; veto, negation.
3. termination, dissolution, putting an end to, bringing to an end, doing away with. rescue, v. 1. deliver, ransom, redeem, Theol. save; liberate, free, enfranchise, affranchise, franchise, manumit, emancipate; release, loose, let loose, turn loose, set loose, set free, unpen, unmew, disimprison; disenthrall, unfetter, unbind, untie, unbridle, unyoke, unshackle, unchain, unhandcuff, unmuzzle, Archaic. untruss; acquit, dismiss, discharge, let go, let out of, let off, Inf. let off the hook; absolve, not hold responsible; hold out a hand, come to the aid of, bail out, snatch from danger, form a life line. -n. 2. deliverance, delivery, delivering, rescuing, ransom, ransoming, redemption, redeeming, Theol. salvation, saving; liberation, freedom, freeing, liberty, liberating, enfranchisement, enfranchising, affranchisement, franchisement, franchising, manumitting, manumission, emancipation, emancipating; release, releasing, loosing, disenthrallment, disenthralling, unfettering, unbinding, untying, unbridling, unyoking, unshackling, unchaining; acquittal, acquittance, acquitting, dismissal, dismissing, discharge, discharging.
3. aid, assistance, succor, help, helping hand; intervention, Latin, deus ex machina, resolution. research, n. 1. investigation, inquisition, Archaic. indagation, inquiry, study, analysis; fact-finding, leg-work; examination, scrutiny, scrutinization, inspection, canvass; exploration, probe, search, quest, pursuit; sifting, going through or over, survey, review, checkout, audit; assessment, appraisal, SI. casing.
-v. 2. investigate, probe, explore, search for or seek out clues; examine, look into, scrutinize, study, analyze, go over with a fine-tooth comb, inspect, sift through, winnow; track down, ferret out, smell out, nose out, Inf. smoke out; inquire into, canvass, see about, check into or on or up on, Inf. give [s.t.j the once-over, SI. check out, Brit. SI. suss out, U.S. SI. case, SI. bird-dog; leave no stone unturned, follow up on leads, bury one's head in the stacks. resemblance, n. 1. likeness, similarity, semblance, similitude, identicalness, identity, selfsameness; analogy, analogousness, parity, parallelism, correspondence, alikeness; sameness, uniformity, homogeneity, equivalence, equivalency, oneness; comparison, comparability; approximation, nearness, closeness, affinity; agreement, accordance, accord, conformity, concurrence, congruity; repetition, repeat, duplication, iteration.
2. counterpart, complement, correspondent, equivalent, coordinate; analogue, parallel; replica, copy, duplicate, facsimile, faithful copy, reproduction; twin, identical twin, living image, double, look-alike, clone, exact match; perfect likeness, Inf. spit and image or spitting image, chip off the old block, SI. ringer, SI. dead ringer. resemble, v. be similar to, be like, bear resemblance to, bear likeness to, appear like, seem like, sound like; look like, take after, favor, remind one of, bring to mind; savor or smack of, have the earmarks of; approximate, come close to, come near; follow the fashion, swim with the stream; duplicate, parallel, match, follow, correspond; tally, accord with, agree with; copy, echo, mimic, reproduce; simulate, imitate, counterfeit.