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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How to use repeal in a sentence?

1. Donald Trump:

   Look, Ted Cruz is a total liar. I am so against Obamacare. I've been saying it for two years in my speeches, I'm going to repeal and replace Obamacare.

2. Donald Trump:

   I think we're probably in that position where we'll just let ObamaCare fail, we're not going to own it. I'm not going to own it. I can tell you the Republicans are not going to own it. We'll let ObamaCare fail, and then the Democrats are going to come to us. The Trump administration attempted to place blame on Democrats, but if Republicans fully supported the bill, it could have passed without them. Some Republicans want an outright repeal, while others in more moderate states do not want to strip coverage from their constituents. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, who was in opposition of the bill, said.

3. Hillary Clinton:

   I do not want to see the Republicans repeal it, and I don’t want to see us start over again with a contentious debate, to tear it up and start over again … I think is the wrong direction.

4. Scott Walker on Sunday:

   But the one thing that I do want to clarify is I do think that there is some real frustration out there, it's way you not only see his numbers up, you see some of the other candidates who have not run for office before. They're angry at Washington. Heck, I'm angry at Washington. I'm angry at my own -- my own party leadership, who told us they were going to repeal Obamacare and we still don't see a bill on the desk of the President. I think that's where the real frustration is.

5. Rand Paul:

   We're happy to have him in Kentucky. He's very popular, i'm with the President on the repeal part. We're still apart somewhat on replacement.