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re⋅peal

  [ri-peel]
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–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')   
tr.v.   re·pealed, re·peal·ing, re·peals

  1. To revoke or rescind, especially by an official or formal act.

  2. 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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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

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
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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