"rescript" in the noun sense
1. rescript
a reply by a Pope to an inquiry concerning a point of law or morality
2. decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript
a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge
"a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"
3. revision, revisal, revise, rescript
the act of rewriting something
4. rewrite, revision, rescript
something that has been written again
"the rewrite was much better"
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