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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these laws were repealed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
- repealable adjective
- repealer noun
- repealability noun
- repealableness noun
- nonrepealable adjective
- unrepealability noun
- unrepealable adjective
- unrepealed adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of repeal1
Example Sentences
Labour pledged to repeal the act and replace it after winning the last election, including agreeing a way forward with Dublin.
The Belgian government also wants to keep the reactor running—after repealing a 22-year-old law this year that required a phaseout of nuclear energy.
In recent months, the Republican-controlled Congress has passed more than $9 billion in rescission External link bills to repeal Inflation Reduction Act climate funds, Internal Revenue Service enforcement budgets, public broadcasting, and pandemic-era infrastructure spending.
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".
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