repeal

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To cancel, invalidate, annul.
2. To recall; to summon (a person) again; to bring (a person) back from exile or banishment.
3. To suppress; to repel.

Noun

An act or instance of repealing.

Synonyms

revoke

cancel

annul

rescind

abrogate

revocation

abolish

annulment

nullify

call off

void

abrogation

quash

abolition

countermand

erase

overturn

withdrawal

reversal

invalidate

reverse

withdraw

retract

overrule

abolishment

abandon

scrap

lift

vacate

rescission

quashing

recall

cancellation

abate

do away with

disposal

nullification

discarding

voidance

negate

recant

drop

override

refutation

disprove

disproof

dispense with

discontinue

null and void

neutralize

Translations

annuler

abroger

abrogation

revogar

Aufhebung

annullare

anular

abrogare

anular

révocation

annulation

abrogazione

annullieren

annuleren

derogar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹəˈpiːl/

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman repeler, from Old French rapeler (“to call back, call in, call after, revoke”), from Latin repellō (“drive or thrust back”), from re- and pellō (“push or strike”). Doublet of repel.