Associations to the word «Repeal»

Wiktionary

REPEAL, verb. (transitive) To cancel, invalidate, annul.
REPEAL, verb. To recall; to summon (a person) again.
REPEAL, verb. To suppress; to repel.
REPEAL, noun. An act or instance of repealing.

Dictionary definition

REPEAL, noun. The act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation.
REPEAL, verb. Cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats