About The Word Repeal
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Repeal
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What's The Definition Of Repeal?
[n] the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation
[v] annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" Synonyms | Synonyms for Repeal: abrogation | annul | annulment | countermand | lift | overturn | rescind | reverse | revoke | vacate Related Terms | Find terms related to Repeal: See Also | cancel | cancellation | derogation | go back on | recall | renege | renege on | renegue on | revocation | strike down | vacation Repeal In Webster's Dictionary \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 & p. p. {Repealed}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Whence Adam soon repealed The doubts that in his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}.
\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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