Repeal

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  • transitive verb. To revoke or rescind, especially by the action of a legislature.
  • transitive verb. To summon back or recall, especially from exile.
  • noun. The act or process of repealing.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To call back; recall, as from banishment, exile, or disgrace.
  • To give up; dismiss.
  • To revoke; abrogate, as a law or statute: it usually implies a recalling of the act by the power that made or enacted it.
  • Synonyms Annul, Rescind, etc. See abolish, and list under abrogate.
  • noun. Recall, as from exile.
  • noun. The act of repealing; revocation; abrogation: as, the repeal of a statute.
  • noun. Synonyms See abolish.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To recall; to summon again, as persons.
  • transitive verb. To recall, as a deed, will, law, or statute; to revoke; to rescind or abrogate by authority, as by act of the legislature.
  • transitive verb. To suppress; to repel.
  • noun. Recall, as from exile.
  • noun. Revocation; abrogation
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To cancel, invalidate, annul.
  • noun. An act or instance of repealing.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation
  • verb. cancel officially
  • Word Usage
    "His Shibboleth was, that the disgrace of the State must be wiped out by the repeal of the Yazoo Act; and _repeal_ rang from every mouth, from Savannah to the mountains."
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