repeal : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: repeal	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
repeal n the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation Synonym(s): abrogation, repeal, annulment v cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" Synonym(s): revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repeal \Repeal"\ (r?-p?l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Repealed} (-p?ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Repealing}.] [OF. repeler to call back, F. rappeler; pref. re- re- + OF. apeler, F. appeler, to call, L. appellare. See {Appeal}, and. cf. {Repel}.] 1. To recall; to summon again, as persons. [Obs.] The banished Bolingbroke repeals himself, And with uplifted arms is safe arrived. --Shak. 2. To recall, as a deed, will, law, or statute; to revoke; to rescind or abrogate by authority, as by act of the legislature; as, to repeal* a law. 3. To suppress; to repel. [Obs.] Whence Adam soon repealed The doubts that in his heart arose. --Milton. Syn: To abolish; revoke; rescind; recall; annul; abrogate; cancel; reverse. See {Abolish}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repeal \Repeal"\, n. 1. Recall, as from exile. [Obs.] The tribunes are no soldiers; and their people Will be as rash in the repeal, as hasty To expel him thence. --Shak. 2. Revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal* of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage.