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repeal
[ri-peel]
verb (used with object)
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: , , ,
noun
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
repeal
1/ °łÉŖĖ±č¾±Ė±ō /
verb
to annul or rescind officially (something previously ordered); revoke
these laws were repealed
obsoleteĢżto call back (a person) from exile
noun
an instance or the process of repealing; annulment
Repeal
2/ °łÉŖĖ±č¾±Ė±ō /
noun
(esp in the 19th century) the proposed dissolution of the Union between Great Britain and Ireland
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- repealability noun
- repealableness noun
- repealable adjective
- repealer noun
- nonrepealable adjective
- unrepealability noun
- unrepealable adjective
- unrepealed adjective
- °ł±šĖ±č±š²¹±ō²¹²ś±ō±š adjective
- °ł±šĖ±č±š²¹±ō±š°ł noun
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of repeal1
Example Sentences
Alliance for Tourism, Jobs and Progress, filed paperwork at the end of last month to force a citywide vote on the wage boost, hoping to persuade voters to repeal the ordinance.
A Whitehall source later told the BBC there were no plans to repeal the act.
If their grassroots cause is successful, the law will be paused until Ohioans vote in the general election on whether SB 1 remains law or is ultimately repealed.
They also moved to repeal a sick leave requirement and portions of a minimum wage increase, which had also passed through the initiative process but which Republicans have said are harmful to businesses.
Over two dissents, the justices granted an emergency appeal and set aside rulings by judges in Boston who blocked Trumpās repeal of the parole policy adopted by the Biden administration.
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