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Detailed Synonyms for repeal in English

repeal:

to repeal verb (repeals, repealed, repealing)

  1. to repeal
    to revoke; to recall; to repeal; to reverse; to recant
    • revoke verb (revokes, revoked, revoking)
    • recall verb (recalls, recalled, recalling)
    • repeal verb (repeals, repealed, repealing)
    • reverse verb (reverses, reversed, reversing)
    • recant verb (recants, recanted, recanting)
  2. to repeal
    – cancel officially 1
    to reverse; to revoke; to lift; to repeal; to overturn; to rescind; to annul; countermand; vacate
    – cancel officially 1
    • reverse verb (reverses, reversed, reversing)
    • revoke verb (revokes, revoked, revoking)
      • He revoked the ban on smoking1
    • lift verb (lifts, lifted, lifting)
      • lift an embargo1
    • repeal verb (repeals, repealed, repealing)
    • overturn verb (overturns, overturned, overturning)
    • rescind verb (rescinds, rescinded, rescinding)
    • annul verb (annuls, annulled, annulling)
    • vacate verb
      • vacate a death sentence1

Conjugations for repeal:

present
  1. repeal
  2. repeal
  3. repeals
  4. repeal
  5. repeal
  6. repeal
simple past
  1. repealed
  2. repealed
  3. repealed
  4. repealed
  5. repealed
  6. repealed
present perfect
  1. have repealed
  2. have repealed
  3. has repealed
  4. have repealed
  5. have repealed
  6. have repealed
past continuous
  1. was repealing
  2. were repealing
  3. was repealing
  4. were repealing
  5. were repealing
  6. were repealing
future
  1. shall repeal
  2. will repeal
  3. will repeal
  4. shall repeal
  5. will repeal
  6. will repeal
continuous present
  1. am repealing
  2. are repealing
  3. is repealing
  4. are repealing
  5. are repealing
  6. are repealing
subjunctive
  1. be repealed
  2. be repealed
  3. be repealed
  4. be repealed
  5. be repealed
  6. be repealed
diverse
  1. repeal!
  2. let's repeal!
  3. repealed
  4. repealing
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

repeal [the ~] noun

  1. the repeal
    the repeal; the revocation; the withdrawal; the retractation; the cancellation; the retraction
  2. the repeal
    the repeal
  3. the repeal
    – the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation 1
    the repeal; the annulment; the abrogation
    – the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation 1

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Related Definitions for "repeal":

  1. the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation1
  2. cancel officially1