repeal
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.
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
Origin of repeal
1Other words for repeal
Other words from repeal
- 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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How to use repeal in a sentence
He therefore most wisely enforced all those precepts as inseparable, unchangeable, and unrepealable.
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British Dictionary definitions for repeal (1 of 2)
/ (rɪˈpiːl) /
to annul or rescind officially (something previously ordered); revoke: these laws were repealed
obsolete to call back (a person) from exile
an instance or the process of repealing; annulment
Origin of repeal
1Derived forms of repeal
- repealable, adjective
- repealer, noun
British Dictionary definitions for Repeal (2 of 2)
/ (rɪˈpiːl) /
(esp in the 19th century) the proposed dissolution of the Union between Great Britain and Ireland
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