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re·scind    Audio Help   [ri-sind] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
1.to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
2.to invalidate (an act, measure, etc.) by a later action or a higher authority.
[Origin: 1630–40; < L rescindere to tear off again, cut away, equiv. to re- re- + scindere to tear, divide, destroy]

—Related forms
re·scind·a·ble, adjective
re·scind·er, noun
re·scind·ment, noun

—Synonyms 1. nullify; retract, withdraw. 2. countermand, repeal, veto.
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re·scind    Audio Help   (rĭ-sĭnd')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   re·scind·ed, re·scind·ing, re·scinds
To make void; repeal or annul.


[Latin rescindere : re-, re- + scindere, to split; see skei- in Indo-European roots.]

re·scind'a·ble adj., re·scind'er n., re·scind'ment n.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
rescind 
1637, from L. rescindere "to cut off, tear off, abolish," from re- "back" + scindere "to cut, split" (see shed (v.)).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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rescind

verb
cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" [syn: revoke] 

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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: re·scind
Pronunciation: ri-'sind
Function: verb
Etymology: Latin rescindere to cut loose, annul, from re- away, back + scindere to cut, split
transitive verb 1 : to take back and make void <rescinded its suspension of his license>
2 : to abrogate (a contract or transaction) by mutual agreement, judicial decree, or unilateral declaration because of fraud, mistake, duress, misrepresentation, illegality, a breach, or another sufficient ground with both parties restored to their positions before the contract was made <denied that the other party had the right to rescind the contract> —compare CANCEL, TERMINATE
3 : to make void by the same or by a superior authority <rescind a regulation> intransitive verb : to rescind something (as a contract) —re·scind·able /-'sin-d&-b&l/ adjective

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.

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