Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To cancel, invalidate, annul.

    to repeal a law

    1776, Samuel Johnson, letter to James Boswell, cited in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, London: Charles Dilly, 1791, p. 8, As manners make laws, manners likewise repeal them.

    annullieren

    отменя́тьotmenjátʹ, отмени́тьotmenítʹ, аннули́роватьannulírovatʹ

    cancel officially

  2. To recall; to summon (a person) again; to bring (a person) back from exile or banishment.

  3. To suppress; to repel.

Examples

11 sentences
  1. I think they should repeal that law.

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  2. The new ordinance has been repealed.

    deDie neue Verordnung ist widerrufen worden.

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  3. We request that they repeal this law.

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  4. We demand that this law be repealed.

    deWir fordern die Abschaffung dieses Gesetzes.

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  5. We demand the repeal of this law.

    ruМы требуем упразднения этого закона.

    deWir fordern die Abschaffung dieses Gesetzes.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to cancel:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to cancel:

Origin

From Anglo-Norman repeler, from Old French rapeler (“to call back, call in, call after, re

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.

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Forms

repeals, repealing, repealed, repealed
Base formrepeal · to repeal
3rd person singularrepeals
Present participlerepealing
Past simplerepealed
Past participlerepealed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrepeal
he, she, itrepeals

Past simpleLesson

all personsrepealed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave repealed
he, she, ithas repealed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill repeal

Synonyms

12 synonyms

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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