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   repeal

   /rɪˈpiːl/

   verb

   • 1. revoke or annul (a law or act of parliament): "the legislation was repealed five months later"

   noun

   • 1. the action of revoking or annulling a law or act of parliament: "the House voted in favour of repeal"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French repeler, from Old French re- (expressing reversal) + apeler ‘to call, appeal’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. repealable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • R

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   • E

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   • P

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   • E

     1

   • A

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   • L

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