Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RE-SCIND', v.t. [L. rescindo; re and scindo, to cut; Fr. rescinder.]

1. To abrogate; to revoke; to annul; to vacate an act by the enacting authority or by superior authority; as, to rescind a law, a resolution or a vote; to rescind an edict or decree; to rescind a judgment.
2. To cut off. [Not used.]