repeal

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1. 1.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.
2. 2.To suppress; to repel. [Obs.] Whence Adam soon repealed The doubts that in his heart arose. Milton. See Abolish.
3. 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. 4.Revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is 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 called?
• What is to suppress; to repel. [Obs.] Whence Adam soon repealed The doubts that in his heart arose. Milton. See Abolish called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage called?