Unrepeal
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To reverse a repeal; to restore a ruling or law that was repealed.
"Mr. Chairman, the Stark amendment, as I see it, is a last-ditch effort to resurrect the cat, the catastrophic care bill, and to unrepeal the repeal which we just passed."
Example
More examples"Mr. Chairman, the Stark amendment, as I see it, is a last-ditch effort to resurrect the cat, the catastrophic care bill, and to unrepeal the repeal which we just passed."
Etymology
From un- + repeal.
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