Index of English words, starting with "re"

(1) - Rescission (n.) The act of rescinding, abrogating, annulling, or vacating; as, the rescission of a law, decree, or judgment.

(1) - Rescissory (a.) Tending to rescind; rescinding.

(1) - Rescript (v. t.) A counterpart.
(2) - Rescript (v. t.) The official written answer of the pope upon a question of canon law, or morals.
(3) - Rescript (v. t.) The answer of an emperor when formallyconsulted by particular persons on some difficult question; hence, an edict or decree.

(1) - Rescue (v.) The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the enemy.
(2) - Rescue (v.) The forcible liberation of a person from an arrest or imprisonment.
(3) - Rescue (v.) The forcible retaking, or taking away, against law, of things lawfully distrained.
(4) - Rescue (v.) The act of rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence, or danger; liberation.
(5) - Rescue (v. t.) To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil; as, to rescue a prisoner from the enemy; to rescue seamen from destruction.