Rescind

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mid 16th century: from Latin rescindere, from re- (expressing intensive force) + scindere ‘to divide, split’.

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From the Latin rescindō(“I cut back”), from re-(“back”) + scindō(“I cut”).

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rescind (v.)

"abrogate, annul, or revoke by authority, repeal," 1630s, from French rescinder "cancel; cut off" (15c.), and directly from Latin rescindere "annul, cancel, abolish, remove by cutting off," from re- "back" (see re-) + scindere "to cut, rend, tear asunder, split; split up, part, divide, separate" (from PIE *skind-, from root *skei- "to cut, split"). Related: Rescinded; rescinding.