Repeal Definition

rĭ-pēl
repealed, repealing, repeals
verb
repealed, repealing, repeals
To withdraw officially or formally; revoke; cancel; annul.
Repeal a law.
Webster's New World
To call back, as from exile.
Webster's New World
The annullment of an existing law by the enactment of a new law. If the new law declares the old law to be revoked, the repeal is express. If the new law has provisions that contradict the old law so that both cannot logically exist together, the new law takes precedence and the repeal is implied. The act of annulling a law.
Webster's New World Law
To recall; to summon (a person) again.
Wiktionary
To suppress; to repel.
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noun
repeals
The act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
Webster's New World
An act or instance of repealing.
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Noun

Singular:
repeal
Plural:
repeals

Origin of Repeal

  • Middle English repelen, repealen from Anglo-Norman repeler alteration of Old French rapeler re- re- apeler to appeal appeal

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin repellō (“drive or thrust back"), from re and pellō (“push or strike")

    From Wiktionary

Repeal Sentence Examples

  • Attempts to secure the repeal of this provision have been unsuccessful.

  • In the dispute with the American colonies his sympathies were with the latter, and in 1766 he carried the repeal of the Stamp Act.

  • This led to an agitation for the repeal of the 44-% duty, but it was not till 1838 that the efforts to secure this were successful.

  • By this device the Lords were obliged to acquiesce in the repeal of the paper-duty.

  • The Democratic party was even more radically divided on the question of monetary policy than the Republican; and President Cleveland, by securing the repeal of the silver purchase clause in the Sherman Act by Republican votes, had alienated a great majority of his party.

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Words Starting With

RREREP

Words Ending With

LALEAL

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Words Starting With R and Ending With L

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With R6 Letter Words Ending With L