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, repeal, 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, repeal, 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. Adam Schiff:

   It is my hope that the administration will be willing to accept important limits in a new authorization as well as the sunset or repeal of the old [ authorizations ], as this will be necessary to ensure strong bipartisan support and meet the goals the president set last summer of refining and repealing the prior authorizations.

2. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker:

   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.

3. Ed Markey:

   Ultimately, we have to repeal the filibuster and then we can move this legislation, as they can move the legislation in the House of Representatives right now with a majority of the votes, so we begin the case today.

4. Will Burr:

   Repeal of the individual AMT has been a fundamental element of Republican tax reform campaign promises for years, by leaving the individual AMT in place, we would be punishing hardworking Americans and doing virtually nothing to simplify the tax code.

5. Xavier Becerra:

   Today's ruling is an assault on 133 million Americans with preexisting conditions, on the 20 million Americans who rely on the ACA's consumer protections for healthcare, on America's faithful progress toward affordable healthcare for all Americans, the ACA has already survived more than 70 unsuccessful repeal attempts and withstood scrutiny in the Supreme Court.