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repeal | repealable |

As a verb repeal

is to cancel, invalidate, annul.

As a noun repeal

is an act or instance of repealing.

As an adjective repealable is

capable of being repealed.

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    • Whence Adam soon repealed / The doubts that in his heart arose.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

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Capable of being repealed.