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repeal

[ ri-peel ]

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.

    Synonyms: invalidate, rescind, abolish, nullify



noun

  1. the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.

Repeal

1

/ rɪˈpiːl /

noun

  1. (esp in the 19th century) the proposed dissolution of the Union between Great Britain and Ireland


repeal

2

/ rɪˈpiːl /

verb

  1. to annul or rescind officially (something previously ordered); revoke

    these laws were repealed

  2. obsolete.
    to call back (a person) from exile

noun

  1. an instance or the process of repealing; annulment

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Derived Forms

  • reˈpealer, noun
  • reˈpealable, adjective

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Other Words From

  • re·peala·bili·ty re·peala·ble·ness noun
  • re·peala·ble adjective
  • re·pealer noun
  • nonre·peala·ble adjective
  • unre·peala·bili·ty noun
  • unre·peala·ble adjective
  • unre·pealed adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of repeal1

1275–1325; Middle English repelen < Anglo-French repeler, equivalent to re- re- + ( a ) peler to appeal

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Word History and Origins

Origin of repeal1

C14: from Old French repeler , from re- + apeler to call, appeal

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Example Sentences

Section I of the proposed BREATHE ACT calls for the repeal of the 1033 program in its entirety.

The repeal of Section 230 may actually make it through the entire legislative process.

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There are legitimate reasons to repeat the history of repeal, now with cannabis—especially after policymakers have deemed dispensaries essential in state after state.

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That repeal looks increasingly likely given the way things currently stand.

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The repeal ordinance, if it passes the committee, will then go before the entire City Council for a vote.

Despite the financial remedy, partial repeal of the screen quota has imperiled the domestic market.

The Affordable Care Act is safely embedded, with repeal unlikely even with a freshly minted Republican Senate.

That should include an alternative to Obamacare, and not just a repeal.

The Republican Senate would "do everything humanly possibly to repeal Obamacare," Cruz promised.

He wants to repeal Obamacare, and he wants to be confrontational.

The League Oracle admits that "a repeal would injure the farmer, but not so much as he fears."

In spite of this change, Parliament refused to repeal the three pence duty tax on tea which still had to be paid by the colonists.

In spite of this repeal, friction between colonial legislatures and royal Governors continued.

On the other hand, several attempts have been made to repeal the general poll tax.

He asked, what was meant by the watch-word of repeal of the union between Great Britain and Ireland.

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