repeal
IPA: rɪpˈiɫ
noun
- An act or instance of repealing.
verb
- (transitive) To cancel, invalidate, annul.
- To recall; to summon (a person) again; to bring (a person) back from exile or banishment.
- To suppress; to repel.
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Examples of "repeal" in Sentences
- They can pledge to repeal the act but the actual repeal is highly unlikely.
- The Republicans understand that a partial repeal is less likely to stir up voters.
- While health care repeal is a top topic for the Republican Party, overturning Roe v. Wade has barely been mentioned in the campaign context.
- Public opinion polls have been all over place as to whether or not repeal is a fringe sentiment or if it is a majority or somewhere in between.
- The reason why the other Republicans are against total repeal is because they realize that taking away the new benefits under the law would result in a backlash.
- His Shibboleth was, that the disgrace of the State must be wiped out by the repeal of the Yazoo Act; and _repeal_ rang from every mouth, from Savannah to the mountains.
- Aubrey Sarvis, executive director of Servicemembers Legal Defense Fund, also stressed that DADT repeal is one issue that doesn't seem to be hurting Murphy in his re-election bid.
- A number of leading Republicans have already said repeal is unlikely, and on MSNBC this morning, former Bush speech writer David Frum urged his fellow Republicans to “stop giving false promises of repeal.”
- The repeal is contained in the annual defense authorization bill, currently before the Senate, and Democratic efforts to beat back a threatened Republican filibuster could prove difficult if the GOP wins races in Delaware, Illinois or West Virginia, states currently represented by Democrats and where laws require new senators to take office immediately.
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