Repeal

  • 11repeal — vb *revoke, reverse, rescind, recall Analogous words: abrogate, *annul, void: cancel, expunge (see ERASE) …

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  • 12repeal — ► VERB ▪ revoke or annul (a law or act of parliament). ► NOUN ▪ the action of repealing. DERIVATIVES repealable adjective. ORIGIN Old French repeler, from apeler to call, appeal …

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  • 13Repeal — A repeal is the removal or reversal of a law. This is generally done when a law is no longer effective, or it is shown that a law is having far more negative consequences than were originally envisioned. Major repeals in history include: *The… …

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  • 14repeal — The abrogation or annulling of a previously existing law by the enactment of a subsequent statute which declares that the former law shall be revoked and abrogated (which is called express repeal), or which contains provisions so contrary to or… …

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  • 15repeal — UK [rɪˈpiːl] / US [rɪˈpɪl] verb [transitive] Word forms repeal : present tense I/you/we/they repeal he/she/it repeals present participle repealing past tense repealed past participle repealed legal to state officially that a law no longer has… …

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  • 16repeal — [[t]rɪpi͟ːl[/t]] repeals, repealing, repealed VERB If the government repeals a law, it officially ends it, so that it is no longer valid. [V n] The government has just repealed the law segregating public facilities. N UNCOUNT: N of n Repeal is… …

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  • 17repeal — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English repelen, from Anglo French repeler, literally, to call back, from re + apeler to appeal, call Date: 14th century 1. to rescind or annul by authoritative act; especially to revoke or abrogate by… …

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  • 18repeal — repealability, repealableness, n. repealable, adj. repealer, n. /ri peel /, v.t. 1. to revoke or withdraw formally or officially: to repeal a grant. 2. to revoke or annul (a law, tax, duty, etc.) by express legislative enactment; abrogate. n. 3.… …

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  • 19repeal — verb Repeal is used with these nouns as the object: ↑act, ↑amendment, ↑law, ↑legislation, ↑prohibition, ↑tax …

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  • 20repeal — re|peal [rıˈpi:l] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: repeler, from apeler; APPEAL2] if a government repeals a law, it officially ends that law >repeal n [U] …

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