noun recall, as from exile.
2. repeal ·vt to recall; to summon again, as persons.
3. repeal ·vt to suppress; to repel.
4. repeal ·noun revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage.
5. repeal ·vt 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.