repeal
noun
- removal or reversal of a law
- the act or process of revoking or annulling
verb
- to revoke or annul
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɹəˈpiːl/
noun
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman repeler, from Old French rapeler (“to call back, call in, call after, revoke”), from Latin repellō (“drive or thrust back”), from re- and pellō (“push or strike”). Doublet of repel.
- An act or instance of repealing.
“Wednesday June 02, 2021, Has the Northern Ireland Protocol undermined the United Kingdom? When a newer Act of Parliament is incompatible with earlier law, it usually takes precedence, under the doctrine of “implied repeal”.”
verb
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman repeler, from Old French rapeler (“to call back, call in, call after, revoke”), from Latin repellō (“drive or thrust back”), from re- and pellō (“push or strike”). Doublet of repel.
- To cancel, invalidate, annul.
“to repeal a law”
“[…] I here divorce myself Both from thy table, Henry, and thy bed, Until that act of parliament be repeal’d Whereby my son is disinherited.”
- To recall; to summon (a person) again; to bring (a person) back from exile or banishment.
“There weepe, for till my Gaueston be repeald, Assure thy selfe thou comst not in my sight.”
“The banish’d Bolingbroke repeals himself, And with uplifted arms is safe arrived […]”
- To suppress; to repel.
“Whence Adam soon repeal’d The doubts that in his heart arose.”