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Definition of Repeal
1. Verb. Cancel officially. "Vacate a death sentence"
Specialized synonyms: Go Back On, Renege, Renege On, Renegue On
Generic synonyms: Cancel, Strike Down
Derivative terms: Annulment, Countermand, Recission, Rescission, Reversal, Reverse, Reversible, Revocation, Vacation
2. Noun. The act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation.
Specialized synonyms: Derogation, Vacation, Recall, Revocation
Generic synonyms: Cancellation
Derivative terms: Abrogate, Annul
Definition of Repeal
1. v. t. To recall; to summon again, as persons.
2. n. Recall, as from exile.
Definition of Repeal
1. Verb. (transitive) To cancel, invalidate, annul. ¹
2. Noun. An act or instance of repealing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Repeal
1. to revoke [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: revoke
Medical Definition of Repeal
1. 1. To recall; to summon again, as persons. "The banished Bolingbroke repeals himself, And with uplifted arms is safe arrived." (Shak) 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. 3. To suppress; to repel. "Whence Adam soon repealed The doubts that in his heart arose." (Milton) Synonym: To abolish, revoke, rescind, recall, annul, abrogate, cancel, reverse. See Abolish. Origin: OF. Repeler to call back, F. Rappeler; pref. Re- re- + OF. Apeler, F. Appeler, to call, L. Appellare. See Appeal, and. Cf. Repel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Repeal
Literary usage of Repeal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"There was no reservation or power to repeal or amend the plaintiff's charter.
Fletcher v. Peck, 6 Cranch, 87; Dartmouth Coll. v. Woodward, 4 Wheat. 518. ..."
2. The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom by Wilbur Henry Siebert (1898)
"Although the proposition to repeal the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 had been made
in Congress in 1860, and repeated in 1861 and 1862, no definite and ..."
3. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"Grattan and repeal.—Economic conditions. had derived from the horrors of the ...
O'Connell had never concealed his opinion that the repeal of the Union was ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Nor could anything be more complete than the failure of the repeal agitation.
... And when he took up repeal in earnest he was already old, with the shadow ..."
5. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1907)
"At the time the company was incorporated § 8 of chapter 53 of the state Code
read: "Where the legislature has the right to alter or repeal the charter от ..."
6. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1895)
"repeal OF THE EMBARGO. quickly brought to a state bordering on starvation, for
it was from the main-land that they drew their supply of fuel, flour, ..."
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