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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rescind \Re*scind"\ (r?-s?nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rescinded};
p. pr & vb n. {Rescinding}.] [L. rescindere rescissum
pref re- re- + scindere to cut, split: cf F. rescinder. See
{Shism}.]
1. To cut off to abrogate; to annul.
The blessed Jesus . . . did sacramentally rescind
the impure relics of Adam and the contraction of
evil customs. --Jer. Taylor.
2. Specifically, to vacate or make void, as an act by the
enacting authority or by superior authority; to repeal;
as to rescind a law, a resolution, or a vote; to rescind
a decree or a judgment.
Syn: To revoke; repeal; abrogate; annul; recall; reverse;
vacate; void.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
rescind
v : annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on
smoking"; "lift an embargo" [syn: {revoke}, {annul}, {lift},
{countermand}, {reverse}, {repeal}, {overturn}]
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