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
- The act was repealed.
- Obamacare won't be repealed.
- The miscegenation law was repealed.
- The city council repealed the ordinance.
- The miscegenation statute was repealed in 1959.
- He opposed the repeal of the Missouri Compromise.
- The state's miscegenation law was repealed in 1963.
- The congregation is censured, but the censure is later repealed.
- Did the repeal of Prohibition lead to the legalization of other drugs
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