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- Dictionaryrepeal/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 revoke or annul (a law or act of parliament): "the legislation was repealed five months later"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"
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Repealed is the past tense and past participle of repeal, which means to end or cancel a law. Learn how to use repealed in sentences with synonyms and related words.
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REPEALED meaning: 1. past simple and past participle of...
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- Repeal
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Repeal means to make a law no longer a law, or the act of doing so. Learn more about the verb and noun forms, related words and phrases, and usage examples from Cambridge Dictionary.
Learn the meaning, synonyms, examples, and history of the word repeal, which means to rescind or annul by authoritative act especially by legislative enactment. See also related words and entries near repeal.
to revoke or withdraw formally or officially: to repeal a grant. to revoke or annul (a law, tax, duty, etc.) by express legislative enactment; abrogate. Synonyms: invalidate, rescind, abolish, nullify.
REPEALED meaning: 1. past simple and past participle of repeal 2. If a government repeals a law, it causes that law…. Learn more.
To repeal something — usually a law, ordinance or public policy — is to take it back. For example, dog lovers might want the town council to repeal the law that says residents can have no more than four dogs. The verb repeal comes from the Anglo-French word repeler, “to call back.”.
Repeal means to officially end or cancel something, such as a law or a tax. Learn more about the word origin, usage, and related terms of repeal from Collins English Dictionary.
