verb · transitive · rare

repeal

repeal · repeals · repealed · repealing

скасувати, скасовувати, касувати

отменить, отменять, аннулировать

annullieren

To cancel, invalidate, annulTo cancel, invalidate, annul.

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US/ɹəˈpiːl/

» I think they should repeal that law.

Meaning

3 senses

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

Examples

11 sentences

I think they should repeal that law.
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The new ordinance has been repealed.
deDie neue Verordnung ist widerrufen worden.
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We request that they repeal this law.
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We demand that this law be repealed.
deWir fordern die Abschaffung dieses Gesetzes.
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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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