repealer
noun
re·peal·er
ri-ˈpē-lər 
: one that repeals
specifically
: a legislative act that abrogates an earlier act
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On March 16, eight days after Slaton filed his repealer, Oliverson introduced a resolution that only would lift mask requirements.
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Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News, 27 Mar. 2021
The outpouring of political organizing to save the law shocked its would-be repealers.
—Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 28 July 2017
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Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News, 27 Mar. 2021
The outpouring of political organizing to save the law shocked its would-be repealers.
—Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 28 July 2017
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repealer
noun
re·peal·er
-ˈpē-lər
: one that repeals
especially
: a legislative act that cancels or does away with an earlier act
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