repeal
Americanverb (used with object)
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to revoke or withdraw formally or officially.
to repeal a grant.
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to revoke or annul (a law, tax, duty, etc.) by express legislative enactment; abrogate.
- Synonyms:
- invalidate, rescind, abolish, nullify
noun
verb
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to annul or rescind officially (something previously ordered); revoke
these laws were repealed
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obsolete to call back (a person) from exile
noun
noun
Other Word Forms
- nonrepealable adjective
- repealability noun
- repealable adjective
- repealableness noun
- repealer noun
- unrepealability noun
- unrepealable adjective
- unrepealed adjective
Etymology
Origin of repeal
1275–1325; Middle English repelen < Anglo-French repeler, equivalent to re- re- + ( a ) peler to appeal
Example Sentences
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“Therefore, I normally would veto a repeal of this four-day grace period. And frankly, that’s what I wish I could do.”
From Salon
The European countries that repealed their wealth taxes did so for varied reasons.
From Los Angeles Times
"The UK has repeatedly called for the National Security Law to be repealed and for an end to the prosecution of all individuals charged under it," the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said.
From BBC
One resolution repealed an overdraft lending rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that reduced credit for low-income Americans.
"We want the repeal of that decree," Mario Argollo, the main leader of the country's largest trade union, Bolivian Workers' Central, told AFP.
From Barron's
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