repeal

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: abrogationannulmentrevokeannulliftcountermandreverseoverturnrescindvacate

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellationSynonyms: abrogationannulment

Verb (1)

  1. cancel officially“He revoked the ban on smoking”“lift an embargo”“vacate a death sentence”Synonyms: revokeannulliftcountermandreverseoverturnrescindvacate
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Repeal \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 & p. p. Repealed (-p?ld"); p. pr.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.] [1913 Webster]

The banished Bolingbroke repeals himself, And with uplifted arms is safe arrived.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

3.To suppress; to repel. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Whence Adam soon repealed The doubts that in his heart arose.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

Syn: To abolish; revoke; rescind; recall; annul; abrogate; cancel; reverse. See Abolish. [1913 Webster]

Repeal \Re*peal"\, n.

1.Recall, as from exile. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

The tribunes are no soldiers; and their people Will be as rash in the repeal, as hasty To expel him thence.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.Revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage. [1913 Webster]

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