Antonyms for repeal
rɪˈpilre·peal

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1. repealverb

   Synonyms:
   cancel, revoke, veto, invalidate, annul

2. repealverb

   To cancel, invalidate, annul.

   Synonyms:
   annul, invalidate, cancel, veto, revoke

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1. repeal

   Abolish, to do away with, bring absolutely to an end, especially as something hostile, hindering, or harmful, was formerly used of persons and material objects, a usage now obsolete except in poetry or highly figurative speech. Abolish is now used of institutions, customs, and conditions, especially those wide-spread and long existing; as, to abolish slavery, ignorance, intemperance, poverty. A building that is burned to the ground is said to be destroyed by fire. Annihilate, as a philosophical term, signifies to put absolutely out of existence. As far as our knowledge goes, matter is never annihilated, but only changes its form. Some believe that the wicked will be annihilated. Abolish is not said of laws. There we use repeal, abrogate, nullify, etc.: repeal by the enacting body, nullify by revolutionary proceedings; a later statute abrogates, without formally repealing, any earlier law with which it conflicts. An appellate court may reverse or set aside the decision of an inferior court. Overthrow may be used in either a good or a bad sense; suppress is commonly in a good, subvert always in a bad sense; as, to subvert our liberties; to suppress a rebellion. The law prohibits what may never have existed; it abolishes an existing evil. We abate a nuisance, terminate a controversy. Compare CANCEL; DEMOLISH; EXTERMINATE.

   Antonyms:
   authorize, cherish, confirm, continue, enact, establish, institute, introduce, legalize, promote, reinstate, renew, repair, restore, revive, set up, support, sustain

   Synonyms:
   abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, destroy, end, end, eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, nullify, obliterate, overthrow, prohibit, remove, reverse, revoke, set aside, stamp out, subvert, supplant, suppress, terminate

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1. repeal

   Antonyms:
   continue, establish, pass, institute, sanction, enact, perpetuate, confirm

2. repealnoun

   Antonyms:
   continuance, establishment, perpetuation

   Synonyms:
   abrogation, rescission, revocation, annulment

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1. abrogation, repeal, annulmentverb

   the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation

   Synonyms:
   annulment, invalidation, revocation, abrogation

2. revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacateverb

   cancel officially

   "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"

   Synonyms:
   nullify, cabbage, revolutionise, hook, bring down, rise, wind, avoid, quash, hoist, annul, elevate, uprise, resign, empty, abandon, overrule, lift, turn over, nobble, go up, pinch, overthrow, plagiarize, arise, invert, abstract, rescind, bowl over, come up, turn back, bring up, plagiarise, pilfer, filch, change by reversal, give up, purloin, snarf, subvert, overturn, invalidate, override, raise, revolutionize, renounce, sneak, tip over, get up, upset, move up, swipe, reverse, airlift, revoke, rear, tump over, turn, face-lift, knock over, vacate, rustle, void, countermand

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1. repealnoun

   Synonyms:
   revocation, rescission, abrogation

2. repealverb

   Synonyms:
   revoke, rescind, abrogate

How to use repeal in a sentence?

1. Gary Lim:

   We expected that to happen, but it isn't the end, the work doesn't stop and with this repeal, things will get stronger and move forward as the queer community heals.

2. Donald Trump:

   Any senator who votes against repeal and replace is telling America that they are fine with the ObamaCare nightmare, and I predict they’ll have a lot of problems.

3. Andy Biggs:

   They just passed a bill and they’re claiming it’s a repeal, but it’s not a repeal. And they’re going to send it to the Senate knowing it’s going to be changed.

4. Donald Trump:

   I'm asking for your vote so we can repeal and replace Obamacare and save health care for every family in Iowa and for every family in our great country -- so important.

5. Richard Hunt:

   To have an outright repeal of Dodd-Frank I don't think would serve the banking industry or consumers.

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