rescindo

re-scindō scidī, scissus, ere,

to cut off, cut loose, cut down, tear open: pontem, i. e. break down, Cs.: Ense teli latebram penitus, to cut open, V.: obductos annis luctūs, O.: an male sarta Gratia nequiquam coit et rescinditur? H.—To open: locum praesidiis firmatum: ferro summum Ulceris os, V.—Fig., to tear open, renew, expose: crimina, O.—To annul, abolish, abrogate, repeal, rescind: quod sit factum legibus, T.: Iussa Iovis, O.: ordinum gesta: totam trienni praeturam: res iudicatas: testamenta.