Category:Repeal

Re*peal" (r-pl"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repealed (-pld"); p. pr. & vb. N. Repealing.] Etym: [of. repeler to call back, f. rappeler; pref. Re- re- + of. apeler, f. appeler, to call, l. appellare. See appeal, And. cf. Repel.]

1. To recall; to summon again, as persons. [obs.] The banished bolingbroke repeals himself, and with uplifted arms is Safe arrived. Shak.

2. To recall, as a deed, will, law, or statute; to revoke; to rescind Or abrogate by authority, as by act of the legislature; as, to repeal A law.

3. To suppress; to repel. [obs.] Whence adam soon repealed the doubts that in his heart arose. Milton.

Syn. -- to abolish; revoke; rescind; recall; annul; abrogate; cancel; Reverse. See abolish.

Repeal Re*peal", n.

1. Recall, as from exile. [obs.] The tribunes are no soldiers; and their people will be as rash in the Repeal, as hassty to expel him thence. Shak.

2. Revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of A law or a usage.