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Synonyms for repeal
rɪˈpilre·peal

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Wiktionary1.0 / 1 vote

  1. repealverb

    Synonyms:
    cancel, revoke, veto, invalidate, annul

  2. repealverb

    To cancel, invalidate, annul.

    Synonyms:
    annul, invalidate, cancel, veto, revoke

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  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.

    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

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. repeal

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

  2. repealnoun

    Synonyms:
    abrogation, rescission, revocation, annulment

    Antonyms:
    continuance, establishment, perpetuation

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  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

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. repealverb

    Synonyms:
    abrogate (a law), rescind, REVOKE, annul, cancel, abolish, set aside, do away, make void

  2. repealnoun

    Synonyms:
    abrogation, revocation, rescission, rescinding, annulment

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. repealnoun

    Synonyms:
    revocation, rescission, abrogation

  2. repealverb

    Synonyms:
    revoke, rescind, abrogate

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How to use repeal in a sentence?

  1. Hillary Clinton:

    That's why, among other steps, I encourage Congress to repeal the so-called Cadillac tax, which applies to some employer-based health plans, and to fully pay for the cost of repeal.

  2. Donald Trump:

    We want a very big tax cut, but we cannot do that until we keep our promise to repeal and replace the disaster known as Obamacare.

  3. Hillary Clinton:

    I do not want to see the Republicans repeal it, and I don’t want to see us start over again with a contentious debate, to tear it up and start over again … I think is the wrong direction.

  4. Chris Sgro:

    The initiative is not a repeal, it's doubling down on the discrimination that HB2 exacts -- it's HB2.0. It doesn't allow municipalities to protect people from discrimination 'til 2020.

  5. Ted Cruz:

    The way to get to 'yes' is to pass legislation that honors our promise to repeal Obamacare and that drives down costs, my biggest concern with the House bill is that it does not drive down health insurance premiums.


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