REPEAL
\ɹɪpˈiːl], \ɹɪpˈiːl], \ɹ_ɪ_p_ˈiː_l]\
Definitions of REPEAL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation
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annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
By Princeton University
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the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation
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annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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To suppress; to repel.
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Recall, as from exile.
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Revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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To suppress; to repel.
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Recall, as from exile.
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Revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage.
By Noah Webster.
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To cancel, or make of no further effect, by recalling; as, to repeal a law.
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The recalling, with purpose to cancel, or make of no further effect; as, the repeal of a law.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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Revocation; abrogation.
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To recall; to revoke; to abrogate.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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