Repeal

Meaning of Repeal

verb
  1. revoke or annul (a law or act of parliament).
    the legislation was repealed five months later
noun
  1. 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:

abrogation, annulment

Meaning revoke:

revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, overturn, rescind, vacate

Meaning annul or revoke (a formal arrangement which is in effect):

cancel

Meaning repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement):

abrogate

Meaning make legally null and void; invalidate:

nullify

Meaning declare that (something) is not valid or legally binding:

void, voiding

Meaning deprive (an official document or procedure) of legal validity because it contravenes a regulation or law:

invalidate

Meaning reject as invalid, especially by legal procedure:

quash, quashing

Meaning formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution):

abolish

Meaning draw back:

retract

Meaning discontinue or no longer provide (something previously supplied or offered):

withdraw

Meaning reject or disallow by exercising one's superior authority:

overrule, overruling

Meaning use one's authority to reject or cancel (a decision, view, etc.):

override

Meaning keep away from or stop oneself from doing (something):

avoid

Meaning revoke or annul (an action or decision):

recall

Meaning declare to be invalid; cancel:

disannul

Meaning the official cancellation of a decree, decision, or promise:

revocation

Meaning revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement):

rescinding

Meaning the action of cancelling something:

cancellation

Meaning a change to an opposite direction, position, or course of action:

reversal

Meaning the action of abolishing a system, practice, or institution:

abolition

Meaning revoke or cancel (an order):

countermanding

Meaning the action of drawing something back or back in:

retraction

Meaning the action of withdrawing something:

withdrawal

Meaning more important than any other considerations:

overriding

Meaning the revocation, cancellation, or repeal of a law, order, or agreement:

rescission

Repeal antonyms

Meaning bring (something, especially a product, measure, or concept) into use or operation for the first time:

introduce

Meaning make (a bill or other proposal) law:

enact

Meaning sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid:

ratify

Meaning the action of introducing something:

introduction

Meaning the process of passing legislation:

enactment

Meaning the action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid:

ratification

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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