repeal

[ri-peel] /rɪˈpil/
verb (used with object)
1.
to revoke or withdraw formally or officially:
to repeal a grant.
2.
to revoke or annul (a law, tax, duty, etc.) by express legislative enactment; abrogate.
noun
3.
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
Origin
1275-1325; Middle English repelen < Anglo-French repeler, equivalent to re- re- + (a)peler to appeal
Related forms
repealability, repealableness, noun
repealable, adjective
repealer, noun
nonrepealable, adjective
unrepealability, noun
unrepealable, adjective
unrepealed, adjective
Synonyms
2. nullify, abolish, rescind, invalidate.
Examples from the web for repeal
  • And yet it is uncertain whether a repeal of the law would do anything to calm separatist leaders and their followers.
  • Surprisingly, political opposition has been tepid and there has never been a concerted repeal effort.
  • They did not repeal the tsarist decrees guaranteeing religious freedom.
British Dictionary definitions for repeal

repeal

/rɪˈpiːl/
verb (transitive)
1.
to annul or rescind officially (something previously ordered); revoke: these laws were repealed
2.
(obsolete) to call back (a person) from exile
noun
3.
an instance or the process of repealing; annulment
Derived Forms
repealable, adjective
repealer, noun
Word Origin
C14: from Old French repeler, from re- + apeler to call, appeal

Repeal

/rɪˈpiːl/
noun the Repeal
1.
(esp in the 19th century) the proposed dissolution of the Union between Great Britain and Ireland
Word Origin and History for repeal
v.

late 14c., from Anglo-French repeler, Old French rapeler "call back, call in, call after, revoke" (Modern French rappeler), from re- "back" (see re-) + apeler "to call" (see appeal (v.)). Related: Repealed; repealing.

n.

late 15c., from repeal (v.), or from Anglo-French repel, Old French rapel (Modern French rappel) "a recall appeal," back-formation from rapeler.