repeal

Meaning

Verb

1. 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

nullify

annulment

call off

void

abrogation

countermand

quash

erase

abolition

reverse

invalidate

withdrawal

overturn

reversal

withdraw

retract

overrule

scrap

abandon

quashing

abolishment

lift

cancellation

recall

vacate

rescission

abate

negate

disposal

nullification

override

refutation

discarding

voidance

drop

recant

do away with

rid

scrub

stay

strike out

subvert

suppress

break off an engagement

trim

turnabout

undo

unsay

waive

wind up

wipe out

refutal

recallment

withdrawment

stop

🛑

cancel abolish

delete

annihilate

break

cancel out

cast aside

confutation

cross out

disannul

disapprove

disband

discontinue

dispense with

disproof

disprove

evacuation

explode

exterminate

extraction

falsification

falsify

forbid

get rid of

invalidation

liquidate

neutralization

neutralize

null and void

overthrow

rebuttal

recission

refute

rejection

remit

removal

remove

renege

renounce

repudiation

repulsion

rescinding

retraction

retreat

revolutionize

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.