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- Dictionaryre·peal/rəˈpēl/
verb
- 1. revoke or annul (a law or congressional act): "the legislation was repealed five months later"
noun
- 1. the action of revoking or annulling a law or congressional act: "the House voted in favor of repeal"
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The meaning of REPEAL is to rescind or annul by authoritative act; especially : to revoke or abrogate by legislative enactment. How to use repeal in a sentence.
REPEAL definition: 1. If a government repeals a law, it causes that law no longer to have any legal force. 2. the act…. Learn more.
to revoke or withdraw formally or officially: to repeal a grant. to revoke or annul (a law, tax, duty, etc.) by express legislative enactment; abrogate. Synonyms: invalidate, rescind, abolish, nullify.
REPEAL meaning: 1. If a government repeals a law, it causes that law no longer to have any legal force. 2. the act…. Learn more.
To repeal something — usually a law, ordinance or public policy — is to take it back. For example, dog lovers might want the town council to repeal the law that says residents can have no more than four dogs.
4 meanings: 1. to annul or rescind officially (something previously ordered); revoke 2. obsolete to call back (a person) from.... Click for more definitions.
Definition of repeal verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definition of repeal noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
REPEAL definition: to officially make a law end. Learn more.
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