repeal

Noun · Verb
US[rih-peel]/rɪˈpil/2 syllablesalso [ree-peel] /riˈpil/
Synonyms: abrogationannulmentrevokeannulliftcountermandreverseoverturnrescindvacate

Open English WordNet

Verb (1)repealed, repealing

  1. cancel officially“He revoked the ban on smoking”“lift an embargo”“vacate a death sentence”Synonyms: revokeannulliftcountermandreverseoverturnrescindvacateMore general cancel, strike downMore specific renege, renege on

Noun (1)

  1. the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellationSynonyms: abrogationannulmentType of cancellationKinds recall, vacation, derogation, revocation

Related words recission noun, rescission noun, revoke verb

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Re·peal′ (r?-p?l′), transitive verb [past tense & past participle Repealed (-p?ld′); present participle & verbal noun Repealing.]

Origin: 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. obsolete

The banished Bolingbroke repeals himself, And with uplifted arms is safe arrived.— William Shakespeare

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. obsolete

Whence Adam soon repealed The doubts that in his heart arose.— John Milton

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

Re·peal′ noun

1. Recall, as from exile. obsolete

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

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

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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