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What is the difference between invalidate and repeal?

invalidate | repeal |

Repeal is a synonym of invalidate.



As verbs the difference between invalidate and repeal

is that invalidate is to make invalid. Especially applied to contract law while repeal is to cancel, invalidate, annul.

As a noun repeal is

an act or instance of repealing.

invalidate

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To make invalid. Especially applied to contract law.
    • The circuit court judge's ruling was invalidated by a superior judge.

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Antonyms

    * (l)

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    • Whence Adam soon repealed / The doubts that in his heart arose.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