Repeal
Meaning of Repeal
verb
- revoke or annul (a law or act of parliament).
the legislation was repealed five months later
- the action of revoking or annulling a law or act of parliament.
the House voted in favour of repeal
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French repeler, from Old French re- (expressing reversal) + apeler ‘to call, appeal’.
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Hyphenation of Repeal
Re-peal
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- Repeal is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Repeal synonyms
Meaning abrogation:
Meaning revoke:
revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, overturn, rescind, vacate
Meaning annul or revoke (a formal arrangement which is in effect):
Meaning repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement):
Meaning make legally null and void; invalidate:
Meaning declare that (something) is not valid or legally binding:
Meaning deprive (an official document or procedure) of legal validity because it contravenes a regulation or law:
Meaning reject as invalid, especially by legal procedure:
Meaning formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution):
Meaning draw back:
Meaning discontinue or no longer provide (something previously supplied or offered):
Meaning reject or disallow by exercising one's superior authority:
Meaning use one's authority to reject or cancel (a decision, view, etc.):
Meaning keep away from or stop oneself from doing (something):
Meaning revoke or annul (an action or decision):
Meaning declare to be invalid; cancel:
Meaning the official cancellation of a decree, decision, or promise:
Meaning revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement):
Meaning the action of cancelling something:
Meaning a change to an opposite direction, position, or course of action:
Meaning the action of abolishing a system, practice, or institution:
Meaning revoke or cancel (an order):
Meaning the action of drawing something back or back in:
Meaning the action of withdrawing something:
Meaning more important than any other considerations:
Meaning the revocation, cancellation, or repeal of a law, order, or agreement:
Repeal antonyms
Meaning bring (something, especially a product, measure, or concept) into use or operation for the first time:
Meaning make (a bill or other proposal) law:
Meaning sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid:
Meaning the action of introducing something:
Meaning the process of passing legislation:
Meaning the action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid:
Anagrams of Repeal
Lapeer, Leaper, leaper, leprae, pealer, Pearle, releap, repale
Words that rhyme with Repeal
peal, repeal, appeal, counterappeal, reappeal, interpeal, thunderpeal, speal, outpeal, exrupeal, clypeal
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