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Expunge vs Repeal - What's the difference?

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Expunge is a related term of repeal.


As verbs the difference between expunge and repeal

is that expunge is to erase or strike out while repeal is to cancel, invalidate, annul.

As a noun repeal is

an act or instance of repealing.

expunge

English

Verb

(expung)
  • To erase or strike out.
  • To eliminate completely; annihilate.

    • Derived terms

    * expunction

    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    • Whence Adam soon repealed / The doubts that in his heart arose.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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