Repeal

//ɹəˈpiːl//

Synonyms for "repeal" (66 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (14)

abrogation annul revoke abolish abolition abrogate annihilate annulment bring to naught cancel

Verb(2 words)

annul revoke

Noun(2 words)

abrogation annulment

Strong matches (19)

Verb(4 words)

cancel countermand invalidate lift

cancellation countermand counterorder disannul dismantle do away with invalidate invalidation lift make void negate negative nullification nullify override

Related words (33)

overrule recall recant recantation renege rescind rescindment rescission retract retraction reversal reverse revocation set aside suspend suspension undo vacate vacation void

Show 7 more words

voidance voiding waive waiver withdraw withdrawal write off

Verb(6 words)

overturn rescind reverse vacate veto vitiate

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

3 entries

cancel cancellation strike down

Synonyms

3 entries

abrogation annul revoke

derived

10 entries

nonrepealed repealability repealable repealer repealism repealist repealment rerepeal unrepeal unrepealed

is a

1 entries

legal proceeding

related to

7 entries

annul banishment cancel exile invalidate repel suppress

Translations

40 translations across 20 languages.

Bulgarian

2 entries

анулирам verb (to cancel)
отменям verb (to cancel)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

廢除 /废除 verb (to cancel)
撤消 verb (to cancel)

Czech

3 entries

odvolat verb (to cancel)
prohlásit za neplatný verb (to cancel)
zrušit verb (to cancel)

Dutch

4 entries

afschaffen verb (to cancel)
annuleren verb (to cancel)
herroepen verb (to cancel)
terugtrekken verb (to cancel)

Esperanto

1 entries

maladopti verb (to cancel)

Finnish

1 entries

kumota verb (to cancel)

French

3 entries

abroger verb (to cancel)
annuler verb (to cancel)
révoquer verb (to cancel)

German

1 entries

annullieren verb (to cancel)

Hindi

2 entries

निरसन verb (to cancel)
निरस्त verb (to cancel)

Hungarian

4 entries

eltöröl verb (to cancel)
hatályon kívül helyez verb (to cancel)
hatálytalanít verb (to cancel)
megsemmisít verb (to cancel)

Indonesian

1 entries

membatalkan verb (to cancel)

Irish

2 entries

aisghair verb (to cancel)
cuir ar ceal verb (to cancel)

Italian

2 entries

annullare verb (to cancel)
revocare verb (to cancel)

Malay

1 entries

mansuh verb (to cancel)

Persian

1 entries

لغو کردن verb (to cancel)

Portuguese

2 entries

anular verb (to cancel)
revogar verb (to cancel)

Russian

3 entries

аннули́ровать verb (to cancel)
отмени́ть verb (to cancel)
отменя́ть verb (to cancel)

Spanish

1 entries

derogar verb (to cancel)

Swedish

2 entries

avskaffa verb (to cancel)
upphäva verb (to cancel)

Welsh

1 entries

diddymu verb (to cancel)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The Republicans want to repeal Obamacare.

Source: tatoeba (3183528)

I think they should repeal that law.

Source: tatoeba (4499559)

We request that they repeal this law.

Source: tatoeba (4505528)

Darius had known England before and after the repeal of the Corn Laws, and the difference between the two Englands was so strikingly dramatic to him that he desired no further change.

Source: tatoeba (8737323)

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