verb/pɾesθinˈdiɾ/
[with de ‘something’] to do without
“Salvo en las severas páginas de la historia, los hechos memorables prescinden de frases memorables.” — Except in the severe pages of history, memorable deeds do without memorable phrases.
Related: prescindiente
From Latin praescindō, formed from Latin prae- (“before”) + scindō (“split, divide”). Equivalent to pre- + escindir.