| Repeal 1. (v. t.) 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. 2. (v. t.) To recall; to summon again, as persons. 3. (v. t.) To suppress; to repel. 4. (n.) Recall, as from exile. 5. (n.) Revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage. Thesaurus Entries abolish, abolition, abrogate, abrogation, annihilate, annul, annulment, bring to naught, cancel, cancellation, countermand, counterorder, disannul, dismantle, do away with, invalidate, invalidation, lift, make void, negate, negative, nullification, nullify, override, overrule, recall, recant, renege, rescind, rescindment, rescission, retract, reversal, reverse, revocation, revoke, set aside, suspend, undo, vacate, void, voiding, waive, withdraw, write off |