repeal
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.
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
Origin of repeal
1Other words for repeal
Other words from repeal
- re·peal·a·bil·i·ty, re·peal·a·ble·ness, noun
- re·peal·a·ble, adjective
- re·peal·er, noun
- non·re·peal·a·ble, adjective
- un·re·peal·a·bil·i·ty, noun
- un·re·peal·a·ble, adjective
- un·re·pealed, adjective
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How to use repeal in a sentence
Section I of the proposed BREATHE ACT calls for the repeal of the 1033 program in its entirety.
New Studies Say Demilitarizing Police Departments Does Not Increase Crime | Kirsten West Savali | December 11, 2020 | Essence.comThe repeal of Section 230 may actually make it through the entire legislative process.
How will tech’s biggest policy fights play out in 2021? This VC has some predictions | Lucinda Shen | December 11, 2020 | FortuneThere are legitimate reasons to repeat the history of repeal, now with cannabis—especially after policymakers have deemed dispensaries essential in state after state.
Congress should legalize cannabis now—for the economy and for social justice | matthewheimer | December 3, 2020 | FortuneThat repeal looks increasingly likely given the way things currently stand.
Why the Supreme Court vacancy could spell bad news for the health care industry | reymashayekhi | September 24, 2020 | FortuneThe repeal ordinance, if it passes the committee, will then go before the entire City Council for a vote.
SDPD Says it Will Stop Enforcing Seditious Language Law | Kate Nucci | August 17, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
Despite the financial remedy, partial repeal of the screen quota has imperiled the domestic market.
Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea | Rich Goldstein | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Affordable Care Act is safely embedded, with repeal unlikely even with a freshly minted Republican Senate.
That should include an alternative to Obamacare, and not just a repeal.
Voters Remind D.C. That the Economy Still Sucks | Stuart Stevens | November 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Republican Senate would "do everything humanly possibly to repeal Obamacare," Cruz promised.
He wants to repeal Obamacare, and he wants to be confrontational.
Can Obama and a Republican Senate Find Common Ground? | Eleanor Clift | November 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe League Oracle admits that "a repeal would injure the farmer, but not so much as he fears."
In spite of this change, Parliament refused to repeal the three pence duty tax on tea which still had to be paid by the colonists.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyIn spite of this repeal, friction between colonial legislatures and royal Governors continued.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyOn the other hand, several attempts have been made to repeal the general poll tax.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyHe asked, what was meant by the watch-word of repeal of the union between Great Britain and Ireland.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
British Dictionary definitions for repeal (1 of 2)
/ (rɪˈpiːl) /
to annul or rescind officially (something previously ordered); revoke: these laws were repealed
obsolete to call back (a person) from exile
an instance or the process of repealing; annulment
Origin of repeal
1Derived forms of repeal
- repealable, adjective
- repealer, noun
British Dictionary definitions for Repeal (2 of 2)
/ (rɪˈpiːl) /
(esp in the 19th century) the proposed dissolution of the Union between Great Britain and Ireland
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