repeal
[ ri-peel ]
/ rɪˈpil /
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.
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RELATED WORDS
revocation, abrogation, annulment, abolition, withdrawal, nullification, invalidate, annul, revoke, reverse, void, dismantle, abolish, nullify, lift, withdraw, cancel, abrogate, rescind, rescission
Nearby words
- repatriate,
- repatriation,
- repay,
- repayable,
- repayment,
- repeat,
- repeat oneself,
- repeated,
- repeatedly,
- repeater
Origin of repeal
SYNONYMS FOR repeal
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repeal
/ (rɪˈpiːl) /
verb (tr)
to annul or rescind officially (something previously ordered); revokethese laws were repealed
obsolete to call back (a person) from exile
noun
an instance or the process of repealing; annulment
Word Origin for repeal
C14: from Old French repeler, from re- + apeler to call, appeal
Repeal
/ (rɪˈpiːl) /
noun the Repeal
(esp in the 19th century) the proposed dissolution of the Union between Great Britain and Ireland
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