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re·scind /ri-'sind/ vb [Latin rescindere to cut loose, annul, from re- away, back + scindere to cut, split]

1: to take back and make void

rescind ed 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

vi: to rescind something (as a contract)

re·scind·able /-'sin-də-bəl/ adj