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Cancelled vs Repeal - What's the difference?

cancelled | repeal |

As verbs the difference between cancelled and repeal

is that cancelled is (cancel) while repeal is to cancel, invalidate, annul.

As an adjective cancelled

is no longer planned or scheduled.

As a noun repeal is

an act or instance of repealing.

cancelled

English

Alternative forms

* canceled (US)

Verb

(head)
  • (cancel)
    • The game was cancelled because of snow on the field.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • No longer planned or scheduled.
    • The cancelled show would have drawn 5,000 fans.
  • (of a mail item) Marked over the stamp, to show that the stamp has been used.

    • repeal

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cancel, invalidate, annul.
    • to repeal a law
  • To recall; to summon (a person) again.
  • * Shakespeare
    • The banished Bolingbroke repeals himself, / And with uplifted arms is safe arrived.
  • To suppress; to repel.
  • * Milton
    • Whence Adam soon repealed / The doubts that in his heart arose.

    Synonyms

    * annul, cancel, invalidate, revoke, veto

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act or instance of repealing.

    • Anagrams

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