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Repeal vs Nullify - What's the difference?

repeal | nullify |

Nullify is a synonym of repeal.



As verbs the difference between repeal and nullify

is that repeal is to cancel, invalidate, annul while nullify is to make legally invalid.

As a noun repeal

is an act or instance of repealing.

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    • Whence Adam soon repealed / The doubts that in his heart arose.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

    *

    nullify

    English

    Verb

  • (legal) to make legally invalid.
    • The contract has been nullified .
  • to prevent from happening

    • Related terms

    * null * nullification * nullifiable * annihilate

    Synonyms

    * (to make legally invalid) annul, cancel