repeal
Collocations
3VERB + REPEAL
demand, manners, request, tax, think, want
REPEAL + NOUN
d, law, obamacare
ADV.
likewise
Definitions
verb
To cancel, invalidate, annul.
to repeal a law
[…] I here divorce myself Both from thy table, Henry, and thy bed, Until that act of parliament be repeal’d Whereby my son is disinherited.
To recall; to summon (a person) again; to bring (a person) back from exile or banishment.
There weepe, for till my Gaueston be repeald, Assure thy selfe thou comst not in my sight.
The banish’d Bolingbroke repeals himself, And with uplifted arms is safe arrived […]
To suppress; to repel.
Whence Adam soon repeal’d The doubts that in his heart arose.
noun
An act or instance of repealing.
Wednesday June 02, 2021, Has the Northern Ireland Protocol undermined the United Kingdom? When a newer Act of Parliament is incompatible with earlier law, it usually takes precedence, under the doctrine of “implied repeal”.
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noun — the act of abrogating
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6to repeal a law
Wiktionary[…] I here divorce myself Both from thy table, Henry, and thy bed, Until that act of parliament be repeal’d Whereby my son is disinherited.
Wiktionary1776, 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.
WiktionaryWednesday June 02, 2021, Has the Northern Ireland Protocol undermined the United Kingdom? When a newer Act of Parliament is incompatible with earlier law, it usually takes precedence, under the doctri
WiktionaryThe Republicans want to repeal Obamacare.
Tatoeba · #3183528I think they should repeal that law.
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