What does "repeal" mean?
Repeal: 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.
Additional senses
- 2.To suppress; to repel. [Obs.] Whence Adam soon repealed The doubts that in his heart arose. Milton. See Abolish.
- 3.Recall, as from exile. [Obs.] The tribunes are no soldiers; and their people Will be as rash in the repeal, as hassty To expel him thence. Shak.
- 4.Revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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