Word Definition

Repeal

  1. Revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage.
  2. To recall; to summon again, as persons.
  3. Recall, as from exile.
  4. To suppress; to repel.
  5. 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.