Unrepeal

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 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    To reverse a repeal; to restore a ruling or law that was repealed.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

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"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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