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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

re·peal

[ri-peel] Pronunciation Key

–verb (used with object)

1.	to revoke or withdraw formally or officially: to repeal a grant.

2.	to revoke or annul (a law, tax, duty, etc.) by express legislative enactment; abrogate.

–noun

3.	the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.

[Origin: 1275–1325; ME repelen < AF repeler, equiv. to re- re- + (a)peler to appeal

]

—Related forms

re·peal·a·bil·i·ty, re·peal·a·ble·ness, noun

re·peal·a·ble, adjective

re·peal·er, noun

—Synonyms 2. nullify, abolish, rescind, invalidate.

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re·peal (rĭ-pēl') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. re·pealed, re·peal·ing, re·peals

To revoke or rescind, especially by an official or formal act.
Obsolete To summon back or recall, especially from exile.

n. The act or process of repealing.

[Middle English repelen, repealen, from Anglo-Norman repeler, alteration of Old French rapeler : re-, re- + apeler, to appeal; see appeal.]

re·peal'a·ble adj., re·peal'er n.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
repeal

c.1300, from Anglo-Fr. repeler (O.Fr. rapeler) "call back, revoke," from re- "back" + apeler "to call" (see appeal). The noun is attested from 1483.

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repeal
noun
1.	the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation [syn: abrogation]
verb
1.	cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" [syn: revoke]

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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: re·peal
Pronunciation: ri-'pEl
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Anglo-French repeler, from Old French, from re- back + apeler to appeal, call, from Latin appellare to address, entreat, call by name
: to rescind or annul by authoritative act; especially : to revoke or abrogate by legislative enactment repealing statutes in light of a recent Supreme Court decision> —repeal noun

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Repeal

Re*peal"\ (r?-p?l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repealed (-p?ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Repealing.] [OF. repeler to call back, F. rappeler; pref. re- re- + OF. apeler, F. appeler, to call, L. appellare. See Appeal, and. cf. Repel.]

1. To recall; to summon again, as persons. [Obs.]

The banished Bolingbroke repeals himself, And with uplifted arms is safe arrived. --Shak.

2. To recall, as a deed, will, law, or statute; to revoke; to rescind or abrogate by authority, as by act of the legislature; as, to repeal a law.

3. To suppress; to repel. [Obs.]

Whence Adam soon repealed The doubts that in his heart arose. --Milton.

Syn: To abolish; revoke; rescind; recall; annul; abrogate; cancel; reverse. See Abolish.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Repeal

Re*peal"\, n. 1. Recall, as from exile. [Obs.]

The tribunes are no soldiers; and their people Will be as rash in the repeal, as hasty To expel him thence. --Shak.

2. Revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage.

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