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repeal - What does it mean?

Definition of 'repeal'

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To cancel, invalidate, annul.
  • to repeal a law
  • To recall; to summon (a person) again.
  • * Shakespeare
  • The banished Bolingbroke repeals himself, / And with uplifted arms is safe arrived.
  • To suppress; to repel.
  • * Milton
  • Whence Adam soon repealed / The doubts that in his heart arose.

    Synonyms

    * annul, cancel, invalidate, revoke, veto

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • An act or instance of repealing.
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