repeal
Americanverb (used with object)
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to revoke or withdraw formally or officially.
to repeal a grant.
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to revoke or annul (a law, tax, duty, etc.) by express legislative enactment; abrogate.
- Synonyms:
- invalidate, rescind, abolish, nullify
noun
verb
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to annul or rescind officially (something previously ordered); revoke
these laws were repealed
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obsolete to call back (a person) from exile
noun
noun
Other Word Forms
- nonrepealable adjective
- repealability noun
- repealable adjective
- repealableness noun
- repealer noun
- unrepealability noun
- unrepealable adjective
- unrepealed adjective
Etymology
Origin of repeal
1275–1325; Middle English repelen < Anglo-French repeler, equivalent to re- re- + ( a ) peler to appeal
Example Sentences
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Existing soliciting offences would have been repealed, with historic convictions quashed.
From BBC
Brown added that the government needed more time to consider the implications of repealing the existing criminal offence.
From BBC
Graham had objected to provisions in the DHS stopgap and to House-passed language repealing an earlier measure that allowed senators to sue the Justice Department if their phone records were seized during past investigations.
From Barron's
“I’m all for accountability. I mean, I had my phone tapped, so I’m all for accountability, don’t get me wrong,” Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said Wednesday after the House repealed the provision.
From Salon
Since the 1990s, several European countries have repealed net wealth taxes, including Austria, Denmark, Finland, France and Germany.
From Los Angeles Times
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