Repeal
[rɪ'piːl] or [rɪ'pil]
Definition
(v. t.) To recall; to summon again, as persons.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To suppress; to repel.
(n.) Recall, as from exile.
(n.) Revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage.
Editor: Yvonne
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Abrogate (a law), rescind, REVOKE, annul, cancel, abolish, set aside, do away, make void.
n. Abrogation, revocation, rescission, rescinding, annulment.
Typist: Ronald
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN: Abolish, revoke, rescind, cancel, annul,recal, abrogate, reverse, discontinue, rescind, make_void
ANT:Continue, establish, pass, institute, sanction, enact, perpetuate, confirm
SYN:Abrogation, rescission, revocation, annulment
ANT:Continuance, establishment, perpetuation
Inputed by Cleo
Definition
v.t. to revoke by authority as a law: to abrogate: to recall: to dismiss.—n. a revoking or annulling.—ns. Repealabil′ity Repeal′ableness.—adj. Repeal′able that may be repealed.—ns. Repeal′er one who repeals: one who seeks for a repeal esp. of the union between Great Britain and Ireland; Repeal′ment recall.—Repeal agitation a movement for the repeal of the legislative union between Great Britain and Ireland.
Typist: Molly
Examples
- For the repeal of your terrible law--the Orders you hate so much. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Repeal this law, and you will soon see a change in their manners; _Saint Monday_ and _Saint Tuesday_ will soon cease to be holydays. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Will the repeal do you good--_much_ good, _immediate_ good? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Their repeal was greeted by riotous rejoicings in London, more hearty even than those in the colonies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They went so far as to repeal, after a spirited and acrimonious debate, the ordinance of secession. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The repeal of the Orders in Council saves me. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But it has stood all attacks, and went on well, notwithstanding the Assembly repealed its charter. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- This tax was afterwards repealed, and in the room of it was established the window-tax, which has undergone two several alterations and augmentations. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The act was too unfair to stand, and after a time was repealed. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- This was stiffly resisted, the British crown was intimidated, and the Stamp Acts were repealed (1766). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The act, after some opposition, was repealed, about a year after it was enacted, and before it had ever been carried into execution. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The law was repealed by Henry I in 1100, but the bell continued to be rung in many districts to modern times and probably may still be heard. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Typist: Vilma