[re.scind] vt [L rescindere to annul, fr. re- + scindere to cut--more at shed] (1643) 1: to take away: remove
2. a: take back, cancel "refused to ~ the order" b: to abrogate (a contract) and restore the parties to the positions they would have occupied had there been no contract
3: to make void (as an act) by action of the enacting authority or a superior authority: repeal -- re.scind.er n -- re.scind.ment n