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- Dictionaryrepeal/rɪˈpiːl/
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 revoke or annul (a law or act of parliament): "the legislation was repealed five months later"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"
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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.
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.
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. The verb repeal comes from the Anglo-French word repeler, “to call back.”
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.
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) to annul or rescind officially (something previously ordered); revoke: these laws were repealed. 2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) obsolete to call back (a person) from exile. n. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an instance or the process of repealing; annulment.
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.
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.
REPEAL definition: to officially make a law end. Learn more.
From Longman Business Dictionary re‧peal /rɪˈpiːl/ verb [ transitive] to officially end a law, rule, restriction etc The bill would repeal a 10% luxury tax on yachts and private planes. —repeal noun [ countable, uncountable] its campaign for the repeal of the new labour legislation → See Verb table Origin repeal (1300-1400) Old French repeler, f...
