Definition of Repeal. Meaning of Repeal. Synonyms of Repeal

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Definition of Repeal

Repeal
Repeal Re*peal" (r?-p?l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repealed (-p?ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Repealing.] [OF. repeler to call back, F. rappeler; pref. re- re- + OF. apeler, F. appeler, to call, L. appellare. See Appeal, and. cf. Repel.] 1. To recall; to summon again, as persons. [Obs.] The banished Bolingbroke repeals himself, And with uplifted arms is safe arrived. --Shak. 2. 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. 3. To suppress; to repel. [Obs.] Whence Adam soon repealed The doubts that in his heart arose. --Milton. Syn: To abolish; revoke; rescind; recall; annul; abrogate; cancel; reverse. See Abolish.
Repeal
Repeal Re*peal", n. 1. Recall, as from exile. [Obs.] The tribunes are no soldiers; and their people Will be as rash in the repeal, as hasty To expel him thence. --Shak. 2. Revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage.

Meaning of Repeal from wikipedia

- a repeal is the removal or reversal of a law . there are two basic types of repeal, a repeal with re-enactment (or replacement) of the
- the repeal association was an irish mass membership political movement set up by daniel o'connell in 1840 to campaign for a repeal of the
- during the 2008 presidential election campaign, senator barack obama advocated a full repeal of the laws barring gays and lesbians from
- the repeal of prohibition in the united states was accomplished with the passage of the twenty-first amendment to the united states
- the don't ask, don't tell repeal act of 2010 (111 , h.r. , 2965, 111 , s. , 4023 is a landmark federal statute that established a legal
- refimprove november 2008 , intro-tooshort november 2009 a referendum (also known as a plebiscite or a vote on a ballot question) is a direct
- the twenty-first amendment (amendment xxi) to the united states constitution repealed the eighteenth amendment to the united states
- it repealed part of the glass–steagall act of 1933 , removing barriers in the market among bank ing companies, securities companies and
- is a proposed bill in the united states congress that would repeal the defense of marriage act and require the u.s. federal government
- the first statute of repeal was an act of the parliament of england (1 mary, st. 2, c. 2), passed in 1553 in the first parliament of