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1. A reply by a Pope to an inquiry concerning a point of law or morality
    
2. (law) 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 rescript caused no trouble out there";
   - decree, edict, fiat, order
    
3. The act of rewriting something
   - revision, revisal, revise
    
4. Something that has been written again
   "the rescript was much better";
   - rewrite, revision

1. Rewrite (a script)

Derived forms: rescripted, rescripting, rescripts

Type of: act, answer, enactment, piece of writing, reply, response, revising, rewriting, writing, written material

Encyclopedia: Rescript