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repeal |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Repeal \Re*peal"\ (r?-p?l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Repealed} (-p?ld"); p. pr & vb n. {Repealing}.] [OF. repeler to call back F. rappeler pref. re- re- + OF apeler F. appeler to call L. appellare See {Appeal}, and cf {Repel}.] 1. To recall; to summon again as persons. [Obs.] The banished Bolingbroke repeals himself, And with uplifted arms is safe arrived. --Shak. 2. To recall, as a deed, will law, or statute; to revoke; to rescind or abrogate by authority, as by act of the legislature; as to repeal a law. 3. To suppress; to repel. [Obs.] Whence Adam soon repealed The doubts that in his heart arose. --Milton. Syn: To abolish; revoke; rescind; recall; annul; abrogate; cancel; reverse. See {Abolish}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Repeal \Re*peal"\, n. 1. Recall, as from exile. [Obs.] The tribunes are no soldiers; and their people Will be as rash in the repeal, as hasty To expel him thence. --Shak. 2. Revocation; abrogation; as the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: repeal n : an official or legal cancellation [syn: {abrogation}, {annulment}] v : annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo" [syn: {revoke}, {annul}, {lift}, {countermand}, {reverse}, {overturn}, {rescind}]
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