What are some opposite words for repeal?
Antonyms for repeal
rɪˈpilre·peal
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term repeal.
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repealverb
Synonyms:
cancel, revoke, veto, invalidate, annulrepealverb
To cancel, invalidate, annul.
Synonyms:
annul, invalidate, cancel, veto, revoke
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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.
Antonyms:
authorize, cherish, confirm, continue, enact, establish, institute, introduce, legalize, promote, reinstate, renew, repair, restore, revive, set up, support, sustainSynonyms:
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
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
repeal
Antonyms:
continue, establish, pass, institute, sanction, enact, perpetuate, confirmrepealnoun
Antonyms:
continuance, establishment, perpetuationSynonyms:
abrogation, rescission, revocation, annulment
Princeton's WordNet
abrogation, repeal, annulmentverb
the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation
Synonyms:
annulment, invalidation, revocation, abrogationrevoke, 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
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
repealnoun
Synonyms:
revocation, rescission, abrogationrepealverb
How to use repeal in a sentence?
Our challenge, our opportunity is to pass common-sense solutions ... that repeal ObamaCare and replace it with patient-centered reforms that will help our constituents have better access to high-quality health care in America.
Vice President-elect Mike Pence:
The first order of business is to repeal and replace ObamaCare, it needs to be done, not just as a promise kept, but because in the course of this election, the American people had a choice, and the American people voted decisively for a better future for health care in this country.
You would have essentially on the ballot the question of both Comstock enforcement and also potentially Comstock repeal, do I think, under a Trump presidency, they’re going to confiscate surgical gloves because they could be adapted for use in abortion? No, I don’t think that’s probably going to happen.
Our time would be better spent on passing bills that fix the many significant flaws in the law, rather than passing a repeal bill that’s going to be vetoed.
Think about this, we were told by Republican leaders during the campaign cycle last year that we just needed a Republican Senate to be elected to repeal Obamacare. Well, here we sit, you know both chambers of the United States Congress have been controlled since January by Republicans and yet there's not a bill on the President's desk to repeal Obamacare.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#148 | support | |
#1043 | institute | |
#1056 | continue | |
#1493 | pass | |
#1666 | repair | |
#2406 | promote | |
#3085 | establish | |
#3358 | confirm | |
#4542 | establishment | |
#5050 | introduce | |
#5701 | restore | |
#8383 | renew | |
#10918 | authorize | |
#11256 | sustain | |
#16588 | repeal | |
#19712 | sanction | |
#22955 | enact | |
#23117 | revive | |
#25495 | cherish | |
#32015 | continuance | |
#37650 | reinstate | |
#38147 | perpetuate | |
#43431 | legalize | |
#72331 | perpetuation |
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