repeal
/ɹəˈpiːl/
repeal verb: to cancel, invalidate, annul.
Verb
repeal (third-person singular simple present repeals, present participle repealing, simple past and past participle repealed)
- To cancel, invalidate, annul.
- to repeal a law
- […] I here divorce myself
Both from thy table, Henry, and thy bed,
Until that act of parliament be repeal’d
Whereby my son is disinherited.c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
- To recall; to summon (a person) again; to bring (a person) back from exile or banishment.
- There weepe, for till my Gaueston be repeald,
Assure thy selfe thou comst not in my sight.1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell, […], published 1622, →OCLC... - The banish’d Bolingbroke repeals himself,
And with uplifted arms is safe arrived […]1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...
- There weepe, for till my Gaueston be repeald,
- To suppress; to repel.
- Whence Adam soon repeal’d
The doubts that in his heart arose.1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
- Whence Adam soon repeal’d
Noun
repeal (countable and uncountable, plural repeals)
- An act or instance of repealing.
- Wednesday June 02, 2021, Has the Northern Ireland Protocol undermined the United Kingdom?
When a newer Act of Parliament is incompatible with earlier law, it usually takes precedence, under the doctrine of “implied repeal”.
- Wednesday June 02, 2021, Has the Northern Ireland Protocol undermined the United Kingdom?
repeal meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
repeal in Hindi
- to cancel
- निरसन nirsan, निरस्त nirast
repeal in Tamil
- எடுத்துவிடல், சட்ட நீக்கம், சட்டநீக்கம், தள்ளுபடி, தள்ளுபடு, நீக்கம்
repeal in Urdu
- واپس لینا, قانون منسوخ کرنا
repeal in Bengali
- আইন বাতিল করা, রদ করা
More languagesFewer languages
- repeal in Telugu
- రద్దు raddu
- repeal in Malayalam
- റദ്ദാക്കൽ, ദുർബ്ബലപ്പെടുത്തൽ, നിരസനം
- repeal in Kannada
- ಹಿಂತೆಗೆ, ನೀಗು, ಹಿಂತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳು, ನಿವರ್ತಿಸು
- repeal in Malay
- mansuh
- repeal in Indonesian
- membatalkan
- repeal in Persian
- لغو کردن laġv kardan
Examples of repeal in a sentence
- A law not repealed continues in force, not because it cannot be repealed, but because it is not repealed; and the non-repealing passes for consent.1791, Thomas Paine, Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke’s Attack on the French Revolution, London: […] J. S. Jordan, […], →OCLC...
- Labour says it will repeal the legislation if it wins the next General Election.2024 February 7, Mel Holley, “Network News: War of words between Prime Minister and union”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 14:
Synonyms of repeal
Forms of repeal
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | repeals |
| present participle | repealing |
| past participle | repealed |
| past | repealed |
| Noun | |
| plural | repeals |
Origin of repeal
From Anglo-Norman repeler, from Old French rapeler (“to call back, call in, call after, revoke”), from Latin repellō (“drive or thrust back”), from re- and pellō (“push or strike”). Doublet of repel.
Words formed from repeal
Words that rhyme with repeal
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- keel
- anneal
- creel
- peal
- peel
- sweal
- congeal
- Izmail
- kneel
- meal
- Neale
- streal
- weal
- awheel
- Castile
- cochineal
- feal
- heal
- Lille
- ordeal
- sele
- squeal
- teal
- zeal
- ceil
- debile
- dishabille
- hele
- leal
- lifesteal
- Neil
- Niel
- O'Neill
- reveal
- schlemiel
- seel
- she'll
- shiel
- skeel
- spiel
- square meal
- unseal
- veal
- we'll
- weel
- ye'll
- -meal
- allele
Questions about repeal
- What does repeal mean?
- Repeal means to cancel, invalidate, annul.
- What is repeal in Hindi?
- Repeal in Hindi is निरसन (nirsan), निरस्त (nirast). See Repeal meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use repeal in a sentence?
- A law not repealed continues in force, not because it cannot be repealed, but because it is not repealed; and the non-repealing passes for consent.
- What part of speech is repeal?
- Repeal can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce repeal?
- Repeal is pronounced /ɹəˈpiːl/ (US).
- What is the past tense of repeal?
- The past tense of repeal is repealed.
Words near repeal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: repeal (page history and authors); repeal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); repeal (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); repeal (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); రద్దు (Telugu) (page history and authors); repeal (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); repeal (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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