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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these laws were repealed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
But Ukrainians protested until the government repealed the law and restored the anticorruption bodies’ independence.
Big swaths of the Enforcement Acts were either modified or repealed over the years, and the federal government didn’t do much more about elections until the Civil Rights Movement, Keyssar said.
The bill aims to repeal the existing Legacy Act, which included a conditional immunity clause, later found unlawful by the Northern Ireland courts.
Missouri only a few months ago repealed a capital gains tax.
The best move here would be for Mr. Carr to repeal the FCC’s policy.
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