REPEAL


Meaning of REPEAL in English

■ verb revoke or annul (a law or Act of Parliament).

■ noun the action of ~ing.

Derivatives

~able adjective

Origin

ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. repeler , from OFr. re- (expressing reversal) + apeler 'to call, appeal'.

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