Verb: repeal ri'peel
- Cancel officially
"He repealed the ban on smoking";
- revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, overturn, rescind, vacate
- The act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation
"The repeal of the treaty caused tension between the two countries";
- abrogation, annulment
Derived forms: repealing, repealed, repeals
Type of: cancel, cancelation [US, rare], cancellation, strike down
Encyclopedia: Repeal