repeal
verb
[ rɪˈpiːl ]
• revoke or annul (a law or act of parliament).
• "the legislation was repealed five months later"
Similar:
revoke,
rescind,
cancel,
reverse,
abrogate,
annul,
nullify,
declare null and void,
make void,
void,
invalidate,
render invalid,
quash,
abolish,
set aside,
countermand,
retract,
withdraw,
overrule,
override,
vacate,
avoid,
recall,
disannul,
repeal
noun
• the action of revoking or annulling a law or act of parliament.
• "the House voted in favour of repeal"
Similar:
revocation,
rescinding,
cancellation,
reversal,
annulment,
nullification,
voiding,
invalidation,
quashing,
abolition,
abrogation,
setting aside,
countermanding,
retraction,
withdrawal,
rescindment,
overruling,
overriding,
recall,
rescission,
disannulment,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French repeler, from Old French re- (expressing reversal) + apeler ‘to call, appeal’.
