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repeal
[ri-peel]
verb (used with object)
to revoke or withdraw formally or officially.
to repeal a grant.
to revoke or annul (a law, tax, duty, etc.) by express legislative enactment; abrogate.
noun
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
repeal
1/ rɪˈpiːl /
verb
to annul or rescind officially (something previously ordered); revoke
these laws were repealed
obsolete, to call back (a person) from exile
noun
an instance or the process of repealing; annulment
Repeal
2/ rɪˈpiːl /
noun
(esp in the 19th century) the proposed dissolution of the Union between Great Britain and Ireland
Other Word Forms
- repealability noun
- repealableness noun
- repealable adjective
- repealer noun
- nonrepealable adjective
- unrepealability noun
- unrepealable adjective
- unrepealed adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of repeal1
Example Sentences
She said party members were "thrilled" at the polices announced in the past week including promises to leave the European Convention on Human Rights, repeal the Climate Change Act and cut £47bn from public spending.
Some declare her party conference pledge to repeal the Climate Change Act a "gamechanger".
He said his earlier order imposing a temporary pause did not prevent him from ruling on the legality of the repeal, and the 9th Circuit agreed.
In the memo, the White House accused congressional Democrats of wanting to repeal those policy reforms as a condition to keep the government running.
Lawmakers in South Carolina are considering a bill that would repeal protections under the state’s six-week abortion ban, eliminating existing exceptions and further criminalizing efforts to help a pregnant person obtain an abortion.
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