Rescind

rescind
    v 1: cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift
         an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" [syn: {revoke},
         {annul}, {lift}, {countermand}, {reverse}, {repeal},
         {overturn}, {rescind}, {vacate}]
    

Rescind \Re*scind"\ (r?-s?nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rescinded};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Rescinding}.] [L. rescindere, rescissum;
   pref re- re- + scindere to cut, split: cf. F. rescinder. See
   {Shism}.]
   1. To cut off; to abrogate; to annul.
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            The blessed Jesus . . . did sacramentally rescind
            the impure relics of Adam and the contraction of
            evil customs.                         --Jer. Taylor.
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   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.
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   Syn: To revoke; repeal; abrogate; annul; recall; reverse;
        vacate; void.
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49 Moby Thesaurus words for "rescind":
      abbreviate, abolish, abridge, abrogate, annul, blot out,
      blue-pencil, bowdlerize, cancel, censor, countermand, counterorder,
      cross out, cut, delete, disannul, dismantle, do away with, edit,
      edit out, erase, expunge, expurgate, invalidate, kill, lift,
      make void, nullify, omit, override, overrule, recall, recant,
      renege, repeal, retract, reverse, revoke, rub out, set aside,
      strike, strike off, strike out, suspend, vacate, void, waive,
      withdraw, write off