Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Rescind

Rescind (r?-s?nd") , transitive verb

[Latin rescindere, rescissum; pref re- re- + scindere to cut, split: compare French 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.