repeal

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: re=peal

CIDE DICTIONARY

repeal, v. t. [OF. repeler to call back, F. rappeler; pref. re- re- + OF. apeler, F. appeler, to call, L. appellare. See Appeal, and. cf. Repel.].

•  To recall; to summon again, as persons.  [1913 Webster]

  "The banished Bolingbroke repeals himself,
  And with uplifted arms is safe arrived."  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  To suppress; to repel.  [1913 Webster]

  "Whence Adam soon repealed
  The doubts that in his heart arose."  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- To abolish; revoke; rescind; recall; annul; abrogate; cancel; reverse. See Abolish.

repeal, n. 

•  Recall, as from exile.  [1913 Webster]

  "The tribunes are no soldiers; and their people
  Will be as rash in the repeal, as hasty
  To expel him thence."  [1913 Webster]
•  Revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

repeal, v. & n.
--v.tr. revoke, rescind, or annul (a law, act of parliament, etc.).
--n. the act or an instance of repealing.

Derivative

repealable adj.

Etymology

ME f. AF repeler, OF rapeler (as RE-, APPEAL)

THESAURUS

repeal

abolish, abolition, abrogate, abrogation, annihilate, annul, annulment, bring to naught, cancel, cancellation, countermand, counterorder, disannul, dismantle, do away with, invalidate, invalidation, lift, make void, negate, negative, nullification, nullify, override, overrule, recall, recant, renege, rescind, rescindment, rescission, retract, reversal, reverse, revocation, revoke, set aside, suspend, undo, vacate, void, voiding, waive, withdraw, write off

ROGET THESAURUS

repeal

Abrogation

N abrogation, annulment, nullification, recision, vacatur, canceling, cancel, revocation, revokement, repeal, rescission, defeasance, dismissal, conge, demission, bounce, deposal, deposition, dethronement, disestablishment, disendowment, deconsecration, sack, walking papers, pink slip, walking ticket, yellow cover, abolition, abolishment, dissolution, counter order, countermand, repudiation, retraction, retractation, recantation, abolitionist, abrogated, functus officio, Int, get along with you!, begone!, go about your business!, away with!.

VB abrogate, annul, cancel, destroy, abolish, revoke, repeal, rescind, reverse, retract, recall, abolitionize, overrule, override, set aside, disannul, dissolve, quash, nullify, declare null and void, disestablish, disendow, deconsecrate, disclaim, ignore, repudiate, recant, divest oneself, break off, countermand, counter order, do away with, sweep away, brush away, throw overboard, throw to the dogs, scatter to the winds, cast behind, dismiss, discard, cast off, turn off, cast out, cast adrift, cast out of doors, cast aside, cast away, send off, send away, send packing, send about one's business, discharge, get rid of, bounce, fire, fire out, sack, cashier, break, oust, unseat, unsaddle, unthrone, dethrone, disenthrone, depose, uncrown, unfrock, strike off the roll, disbar, disbench, be abrogated, receive its quietus, walk the plank.