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| re·peal [ ri pl ] |
transitive verb (past and past participle re·pealed, present participle re·peal·ing, 3rd person present singular re·peals) |
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undo law: to officially end the validity of something such as a law
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noun (plural re·peals) |
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abolition of law: the act of repealing something such as a law
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| [14th century. < Anglo-Norman repeler, variant of Old French rapeler< re- "again, back" + apeler (see appeal)] |
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  re·peal·a·ble adjective |
| re·peal·er noun |
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