repeal
Americanverb (used with object)
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to revoke or withdraw formally or officially.
to repeal a grant.
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to revoke or annul (a law, tax, duty, etc.) by express legislative enactment; abrogate.
- Synonyms:
- invalidate, rescind, abolish, nullify
noun
verb
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to annul or rescind officially (something previously ordered); revoke
these laws were repealed
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obsolete to call back (a person) from exile
noun
noun
Other Word Forms
- nonrepealable adjective
- repealability noun
- repealable adjective
- repealableness noun
- repealer noun
- unrepealability noun
- unrepealable adjective
- unrepealed adjective
Etymology
Origin of repeal
1275–1325; Middle English repelen < Anglo-French repeler, equivalent to re- re- + ( a ) peler to appeal
Example Sentences
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This legislation repealed the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset, two rules that reduced or eliminated Social Security benefits for workers whose jobs did not pay into Social Security.
From MarketWatch
South Carolina does not have filial-responsibility laws, and Maryland repealed its own law in 2017, meaning adult children are not responsible for their parents’ debts or care-home costs, unless they sign as a guarantor.
From MarketWatch
But corporations should still work to fill the gap that would be left by repealing the rule.
Jukeboxes helped save the music industry when record sales tanked during the Great Depression and people sought inexpensive entertainment after the repeal of Prohibition.
Several groups have vowed to fight the repeal in court.
From Los Angeles Times
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