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Synonyms for REPEAL
rɪˈpilre·peal
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repealverb
Synonyms:
cancel, revoke, veto, invalidate, annulrepealverb
To cancel, invalidate, annul.
Synonyms:
annul, invalidate, cancel, veto, revoke
English Synonyms and Antonyms
repeal
Abolish, to do away with, bring absolutely to an end, especially as something hostile, hindering, or harmful, was formerly used of persons and material objects, a usage now obsolete except in poetry or highly figurative speech. Abolish is now used of institutions, customs, and conditions, especially those wide-spread and long existing; as, to abolish slavery, ignorance, intemperance, poverty. A building that is burned to the ground is said to be destroyed by fire. Annihilate, as a philosophical term, signifies to put absolutely out of existence. As far as our knowledge goes, matter is never annihilated, but only changes its form. Some believe that the wicked will be annihilated. Abolish is not said of laws. There we use repeal, abrogate, nullify, etc.: repeal by the enacting body, nullify by revolutionary proceedings; a later statute abrogates, without formally repealing, any earlier law with which it conflicts. An appellate court may reverse or set aside the decision of an inferior court. Overthrow may be used in either a good or a bad sense; suppress is commonly in a good, subvert always in a bad sense; as, to subvert our liberties; to suppress a rebellion. The law prohibits what may never have existed; it abolishes an existing evil. We abate a nuisance, terminate a controversy. Compare CANCEL; DEMOLISH; EXTERMINATE.
Synonyms:
abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, destroy, end, end, eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, nullify, obliterate, overthrow, prohibit, remove, reverse, revoke, set aside, stamp out, subvert, supplant, suppress, terminateAntonyms:
authorize, cherish, confirm, continue, enact, establish, institute, introduce, legalize, promote, reinstate, renew, repair, restore, revive, set up, support, sustain
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
repeal
Antonyms:
continue, establish, pass, institute, sanction, enact, perpetuate, confirmrepealnoun
Synonyms:
abrogation, rescission, revocation, annulmentAntonyms:
continuance, establishment, perpetuation
Princeton's WordNet
abrogation, repeal, annulmentverb
the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation
Synonyms:
annulment, invalidation, repeal, revocation, abrogationrevoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacateverb
cancel officially
"He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
Synonyms:
nullify, cabbage, revolutionise, hook, bring down, rise, wind, avoid, quash, hoist, annul, elevate, uprise, resign, empty, abandon, overrule, lift, turn over, nobble, go up, pinch, overthrow, plagiarize, arise, invert, abstract, rescind, bowl over, come up, turn back, bring up, plagiarise, pilfer, filch, change by reversal, give up, purloin, snarf, subvert, overturn, repeal, invalidate, override, raise, revolutionize, renounce, sneak, tip over, get up, upset, move up, swipe, reverse, airlift, revoke, rear, tump over, turn, face-lift, knock over, vacate, rustle, void, countermand
Dictionary of English Synonymes
repealverb
Synonyms:
abrogate (a law), rescind, REVOKE, annul, cancel, abolish, set aside, do away, make voidrepealnoun
Synonyms:
abrogation, revocation, rescission, rescinding, annulment
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
repealnoun
Synonyms:
revocation, rescission, abrogationrepealverb
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "repeal":
abrogation, repealing, abrogate, revoke, revocation, abolition, rescind, repealed, abolish, derogation, repeals, abolishment, cancellation, cancel, lifting, abolishing, disallowance, annul, annulment, withdrawal, lift, waiver, removal
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How to use REPEAL in a sentence?
Portman is the fourth Republican to push back on the plan by McConnell( R-Ky.) . Previously, West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Maine Sen. Susan Collins signaled they also oppose legislation that would repeal ObamaCare without offering a replacement. As I stated earlier this year, I can not vote to proceed to repeal the ACA [ Affordable Care Act ] without reform that allows people the choice they want, the affordability they need and the quality of care they deserve.
The initiative is not a repeal, it's doubling down on the discrimination that HB2 exacts -- it's HB2.0. It doesn't allow municipalities to protect people from discrimination 'til 2020.
There is no compromise when it comes to discrimination. Let's start with a full repeal of Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Repeal, repeal, repeal.
Governing is tough—we’ve gone from being the opposition party for the last 10 years to being a governing party within the last four months, it looks messy, but this is the system the founders envisioned—we either repeal and replace and make tax reform easier, and if we don’t, it will make tax reform $1 trillion harder.
Permanent means indefinite. It doesn’t necessarily mean permanent, we can repeal it as well, but we are only allowed to have a temporary rule for 180 days, and anything that goes beyond 180 days, we cannot extend it.
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