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Repeal

//ɹəˈpiːl// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    An act or instance of repealing. countable, uncountable

    "Wednesday June 02, 2021, Has the Northern Ireland Protocol undermined the United Kingdom? When a newer Act of Parliament is incompatible with earlier law, it usually takes precedence, under the doctrine of “implied repeal”."

  2. 2
    the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To cancel, invalidate, annul. transitive

    "to repeal a law"

  2. 2
    cancel officially wordnet
  3. 3
    To recall; to summon (a person) again; to bring (a person) back from exile or banishment.

    "There weepe, for till my Gaueston be repeald, Assure thy selfe thou comst not in my sight."

  4. 4
    To suppress; to repel.

    "Whence Adam soon repeal’d The doubts that in his heart arose."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman repeler, from Old French rapeler (“to call back, call in, call after, revoke”), from Latin repellō (“drive or thrust back”), from re- and pellō (“push or strike”). Doublet of repel.

Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman repeler, from Old French rapeler (“to call back, call in, call after, revoke”), from Latin repellō (“drive or thrust back”), from re- and pellō (“push or strike”). Doublet of repel.

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