repealed; repealing; repeals
1
: to rescind or annul by authoritative act
especially
: to revoke or abrogate by legislative enactment
3
obsolete
: to summon to return : recall
repeal
noun
Examples of repeal in a Sentence
the company called the furniture store to repeal the order for six new desks
in 1933, Congress passed the 21st Amendment which repealed the Prohibition Amendment of 1919, thus making the sale, distribution, and use of alcohol legal once again
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Democrats see the Medicaid cuts that are likely to be included in whatever legislation House Republicans put together as a salient line of political attack, akin to their efforts to campaign in 2018 on the GOP efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
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Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 26 Feb. 2025
The resolution would unlock a mega-reconciliation bill to bolster oil and gas drilling and repeal IRA programs.
—Nick Sobczyk, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025
With a simple stroke of his pen, the president cannot make or repeal existing laws.
—Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
Throwing our economic growth in reverse by imposing harmful tariffs and repealing existing laws will only leave the U.S. auto industry in the dust.
—Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
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Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 26 Feb. 2025
The resolution would unlock a mega-reconciliation bill to bolster oil and gas drilling and repeal IRA programs.
—Nick Sobczyk, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025
With a simple stroke of his pen, the president cannot make or repeal existing laws.
—Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
Throwing our economic growth in reverse by imposing harmful tariffs and repealing existing laws will only leave the U.S. auto industry in the dust.
—Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for repeal
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“Repeal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repeal. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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repeal
verb
re·peal
ri-ˈpē(ə)l 
: to do away with especially by legislative action
repeal a law
repeal
noun
Legal Definition
repeal
transitive verb
re·peal
ri-ˈpēl
: to rescind or annul by authoritative act
especially
: to revoke or abrogate by legislative enactment
legislatures repealing statutes in light of a recent Supreme Court decision
repeal
noun
Etymology
Anglo-French repeler, from Old French, from re- back + apeler to appeal, call, from Latin appellare to address, entreat, call by name
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