'Repeal' definitions:
Definition of 'repeal'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation [syn: abrogation, repeal, annulment]
verb
Definition of 'Repeal'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Repeal'
From: 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 & p. p. Repealed (-p?ld"); p. pr.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- Whence Adam soon repealed The doubts that in his heart arose.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]
Synonyms of 'repeal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abolish,
- abolition,
- abrogate,
- abrogation,
- annihilate,
- annul,
- annulment,
- bring to naught,
- cancel,
- cancellation,
- countermand,
- counterorder,
- disannul,
- dismantle,
- do away with,
- invalidate,
- invalidation,
- lift,
- make void,
- negate,
- negative,
- nullification,
- nullify,
- override,
- overrule,
- recall,
- recant,
- renege,
- rescind,
- rescindment,
- rescission,
- retract,
- reversal,
- reverse,
- revocation,
- revoke,
- set aside,
- suspend,
- undo,
- vacate,
- void,
- voiding,
- waive,
- withdraw,
- write off