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/rɪpˈil/ /ripˈil/ Listen

noun

Repeal n.

Recall, as from exile. (Obs.) "The tribunes are no soldiers; and their people Will be as rash in the repeal, as hasty To expel him thence."

Revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage.

verb

Repeal v. t. (past & past part. repealed; pres. part. repealing)

To recall; to summon again, as persons. (Obs.) "The banished Bolingbroke repeals himself, And with uplifted arms is safe arrived."

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.

To suppress; to repel. (Obs.) "Whence Adam soon repealed The doubts that in his heart arose."

Synonyms: To abolish; revoke; rescind; recall; annul; abrogate; cancel; reverse. See Abolish.

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"Repeal" Quotes from Famous Books

... old affection for the Squire and his house burst forth the stronger for its temporary suspension. Who could think of the stocks in such a season? They were swept out of fashion—hunted from remembrance as completely as the question of Repeal or the thought of Rebellion from the warm Irish heart, when the fair young face of the Royal Wife ...

— The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 • Various

... their properties, banished the Jews from his kingdom. A short time before this, the English people had offered to pay an annual fine to the King on condition of his expelling the Jews from the country; but the Jews outbid them, and thus obtained the repeal of the edict of banishment. However, on this last occasion there was no mercy shown, and the Jews, sixteen thousand in number, were expelled from England, and the King ...

— Manners, Custom and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period • Paul Lacroix

... this come to pass since Bunyan's time; a slow but sure progression. That darling ugly daughter, Intolerance, was executed by the Act of Toleration. The impious Test by the repeal of the Sacramental ...

— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan

... establish in Nauvoo a newspaper that would openly attack the new order of things. The name chosen for this newspaper was the Expositor, and Emmons was its editor.* Its motto was: "The Truth, the whole Truth, and nothing but the Truth," and its prospectus announced as its purpose, "Unconditional repeal of the city charter—to correct the abuses of the unit power—to advocate disobedience to political revelations." Only one number of this newspaper was ever issued, but that number was almost directly the ...

— The Story of the Mormons: • William Alexander Linn

... were not satisfied; they accused the Pope of treating his nephews as scapegoats for his own sins, and the immediate repeal of many taxes was no compensation for the terrors of the Inquisition. There were spies everywhere. No one was safe from secret accusers. The decisions of the tribunal were slow, mysterious and deadly. The Romans became the victims ...

— Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 - Studies from the Chronicles of Rome • Francis Marion Crawford

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