Synonyms for repeal
rɪˈpilre·peal

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1. repealverb

   Synonyms:
   cancel, revoke, veto, invalidate, annul

2. repealverb

   To cancel, invalidate, annul.

   Synonyms:
   annul, invalidate, cancel, veto, revoke

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1. repeal

   Abolish, to do away with, bring absolutely to an end, especially as something hostile, hindering, or harmful, was formerly used of persons and material objects, a usage now obsolete except in poetry or highly figurative speech. Abolish is now used of institutions, customs, and conditions, especially those wide-spread and long existing; as, to abolish slavery, ignorance, intemperance, poverty. A building that is burned to the ground is said to be destroyed by fire. Annihilate, as a philosophical term, signifies to put absolutely out of existence. As far as our knowledge goes, matter is never annihilated, but only changes its form. Some believe that the wicked will be annihilated. Abolish is not said of laws. There we use repeal, abrogate, nullify, etc.: repeal by the enacting body, nullify by revolutionary proceedings; a later statute abrogates, without formally repealing, any earlier law with which it conflicts. An appellate court may reverse or set aside the decision of an inferior court. Overthrow may be used in either a good or a bad sense; suppress is commonly in a good, subvert always in a bad sense; as, to subvert our liberties; to suppress a rebellion. The law prohibits what may never have existed; it abolishes an existing evil. We abate a nuisance, terminate a controversy. Compare CANCEL; DEMOLISH; EXTERMINATE.

   Synonyms:
   abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, destroy, end, end, eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, nullify, obliterate, overthrow, prohibit, remove, reverse, revoke, set aside, stamp out, subvert, supplant, suppress, terminate

   Antonyms:
   authorize, cherish, confirm, continue, enact, establish, institute, introduce, legalize, promote, reinstate, renew, repair, restore, revive, set up, support, sustain

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1. repeal

   Antonyms:
   continue, establish, pass, institute, sanction, enact, perpetuate, confirm

2. repealnoun

   Synonyms:
   abrogation, rescission, revocation, annulment

   Antonyms:
   continuance, establishment, perpetuation

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1. abrogation, repeal, annulmentverb

   the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation

   Synonyms:
   annulment, invalidation, revocation, abrogation

2. revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacateverb

   cancel officially

   "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"

   Synonyms:
   nullify, cabbage, revolutionise, hook, bring down, rise, wind, avoid, quash, hoist, annul, elevate, uprise, resign, empty, abandon, overrule, lift, turn over, nobble, go up, pinch, overthrow, plagiarize, arise, invert, abstract, rescind, bowl over, come up, turn back, bring up, plagiarise, pilfer, filch, change by reversal, give up, purloin, snarf, subvert, overturn, invalidate, override, raise, revolutionize, renounce, sneak, tip over, get up, upset, move up, swipe, reverse, airlift, revoke, rear, tump over, turn, face-lift, knock over, vacate, rustle, void, countermand

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1. repealverb

   Synonyms:
   abrogate (a law), rescind, REVOKE, annul, cancel, abolish, set aside, do away, make void

2. repealnoun

   Synonyms:
   abrogation, revocation, rescission, rescinding, annulment

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1. repealnoun

   Synonyms:
   revocation, rescission, abrogation

2. repealverb

   Synonyms:
   revoke, rescind, abrogate

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1. List of paraphrases for "repeal":

   abrogation, repealing, abrogate, revoke, revocation, abolition, rescind, repealed, abolish, derogation, repeals, abolishment, cancellation, cancel, lifting, abolishing, disallowance, annul, annulment, withdrawal, lift, waiver, removal

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1. Barbara Lee:

   Over the years, I’ve seen Republican leadership deploy every manner of undemocratic, underhanded tactics in Congress. But stripping my bipartisan amendment to repeal the 2001 AUMF -- in the dead of night, without a vote -- may be a new low from Speaker Paul Ryan.

2. Ken Paxton:

   Today's ruling enjoining Obamacare halts an unconstitutional exertion of federal power over the American health care system while our multistate coalition lawsuit works its way through the courts, our lawsuit seeks to effectively repeal Obamacare, which will give President Donald Trump and Congress the opportunity to replace the failed social experiment with a plan that ensures Texans and all Americans will again have greater choice about what health coverage President Trump and Congress need and who will be President Trump and Congress doctor.

3. Miles Taylor:

   Enough is enough and we need to offer a commonsense coalition for this country and a more unified alternative vision than what we're seeing from the present GOP, which has now become rotten to its core with its persistent attacks on our democracy, so our message is it's time to either reform or repeal the Republican Party.

4. Martin Hellman:

   They are trying to repeal end-to-end encryption. They are trying to repeal math, i don’t think they can do that.

5. Josh Stein:

   Today’s move by the General Assembly to repeal our pistol permit law has made our communities less safe. Now, dangerous people – like violent criminals and domestic abusers – will be able to more easily get their hands on guns, too many worry that their kids may not come home from school. Gun violence is a terrifying threat, and eliminating background checks will make the job of law enforcement officers more difficult. While our legislators failed us, I’ll continue to do everything in my power to keep people in our state safe.