Definition of repeal in English:

repeal

verb rɪˈpiːlrəˈpil

[with object]

Revoke or annul (a law or act of parliament)
撤销，废止（法律，议会法案）
the legislation was repealed five months later
五个月后，这项立法被废止了。
Example sentencesExamples
- She thought the genesis of the secrecy culture, the Official Secrets Act, should be repealed, and regretted the failure of the bill to do that.
- For a free and productive society to reemerge, the Sixteenth Amendment must be repealed - thereby abolishing the income tax.
- Massachusetts repealed its law in July, 1786, because, as Governor Bowdoin explained, other states, refusing to cooperate, had tried to use it for one-sided advantage.
- This repeal will be challenged as an invasion of state sovereignty, but recall that Congress had no trouble in 1939 repealing the tax exemption of state and local employees.
- If the law is repealed, VW could be vulnerable to outside pressure.
- Between 1830 and mid-century, colonial licensing laws were repealed, temporary, or rarely enforced.
- If we cannot get a better system, we might be better off repealing all antitrust laws.
- More has been said in recent years - even in recent days - about repealing the Act of Settlement.
- In other words, although Parliament was repealing the Stamp Act, it retained its right to govern America.
- The report predicts price wars may arise if the government repeals the 1987 Grocery Act, though other sources believe the threat of the government repealing the act is now receding.
- The Moroccanization law was repealed in 1993 and the Moroccan government began allowing for up to 100 percent repatriation of capital.
- On February 7, 1865, newly-inaugurated governor Richard Oglesby signed the bill repealing the black laws.
- To offset the cost of repealing the tax, Congress is contemplating the extension of capital gains taxation to all who inherit financial assets, called a ‘carryover’ provision.
- Two more acts followed in 1861 and 1863, repealing hundreds of old laws; these acts and subsequent legislation abrogated much of Magna Carta.
- The Act was repealed in 1822 after Smith caused a smallpox epidemic in Tarboro, North Carolina.
- The constitutional court repealed the law in January.
- It was Mill's circle of ‘Philosophic Radicals’ who, in the 1830s, were the primary Parliamentary advocates of and activists on behalf of repealing the remaining Acts.
- Finally, the Act of 1534 repealed the Act of 1484, and further stated that aliens could only sell wholesale wares to English-born printers or stationers, and that no bound books were to be imported at all.
- However, the betterment provisions of the 1947 Act were repealed in 1953.
- Congress repealed the bankruptcy act in 1803 before its scheduled expiration.
Synonyms
revoke, rescind, cancel, reverse, abrogate, annul, nullify, declare null and void, make void, void, invalidate, render invalid, quash, abolish, set aside, countermand, retract, withdraw, overrule, override
Law vacate, avoid
archaic recall
rare disannul

noun rɪˈpiːlrəˈpil

mass noun

The action of revoking or annulling a law or act of parliament.
撤销，废止（法律，议会法案）
the House voted in favour of repeal
议院投票赞成废止。
Example sentencesExamples
- As most professionals now understand, the recently enacted estate tax repeal means that there is no estate tax repeal.
- One claims that the Bubble Act effectively put a hold on new joint-stock companies in Britain until its repeal in 1825.
- It is perfectly legitimate for him, as a strategic measure in that desired direction, to push for a drastic reduction or repeal of the income tax.
- The bill makes a mockery of the double-dividend-tax repeal the President is seeking, with its partial, phased-in cut that would cancel out the desired effects.
- The repeal of the Bubble Act in 1825 was followed by a series of tentative statutory initiatives which left the private joint-stock company in legal limbo.
- The repeal of Rule 42 was defeated by two votes last year.
- This repeal will be challenged as an invasion of state sovereignty, but recall that Congress had no trouble in 1939 repealing the tax exemption of state and local employees.
- The commission's report called for the immediate repeal of the 9 per cent stamp duty.
- A tax-reform panel has recommended eliminating the tax, but repeal would cost $1.2 trillion over the next decade.
- The candidates are unanimous in favoring a repeal of some or all of the tax cuts.
- And since most experts agree that a full, permanent repeal of the estate tax under the new legislation is unlikely - there's no time like the present.
- This aimed to push for greater democracy inside the union, implement left policies, such as repeal of the Conservative employment legislation and build a more open left organisation.
- We know that reasonable men and women with access to the same facts urged repeal of Prohibition, presumably because they weighted good and harm differently; in short, because they had different values.
- The repeal of the import duty would brush away at one stroke the danger of monopoly.
- The repeal of the Corn Law is these days commonly regarded as the ultimate victory of the classical liberal economic doctrine over wrong-headed mercantilism.
- Are you sure repeal will get you all the money you need?
- Skeel argues that the enactment and repeal of the first three bankruptcy acts is an example of legislative cycling.
- He will learn that knowledge of liberalism cannot be derived from Adam Smith alone, and that the demand for repeal of interventionist measures is not identical with the call, Return to Adam Smith.
- Though many of the interest group representatives in favor of repeal indicated that the time for Glass-Steagall reform was urgent, legislators did not possess that same feeling of urgency.
- There has been no repeal of the Law of Economics.
Synonyms
revocation, rescinding, cancellation, reversal, annulment, nullification, voiding, invalidation, quashing, abolition, abrogation, setting aside, countermanding, retraction, withdrawal, rescindment, overruling, overriding
archaic recall
rare rescission, disannulment

Derivatives

repealable

adjective rɪˈpiːləb(ə)lrəˈpiləb(ə)l

To prevent self-entrenching amendments, assume that the amendment will be repealable under currently-existing constitutional procedures and voting rules, even if it purports to change those procedures and rules.
Example sentencesExamples
- They insist, and profess to believe, that treaties like acts of assembly, should be repealable at pleasure.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French repeler, from Old French re- (expressing reversal) + apeler 'to call, appeal'.

Definition of repeal in US English:

repeal

verbrəˈpēlrəˈpil

[with object]

Revoke or annul (a law or congressional act)
撤销，废止（法律，议会法案）
the legislation was repealed five months later
五个月后，这项立法被废止了。
Example sentencesExamples
- If we cannot get a better system, we might be better off repealing all antitrust laws.
- However, the betterment provisions of the 1947 Act were repealed in 1953.
- The Act was repealed in 1822 after Smith caused a smallpox epidemic in Tarboro, North Carolina.
- To offset the cost of repealing the tax, Congress is contemplating the extension of capital gains taxation to all who inherit financial assets, called a ‘carryover’ provision.
- On February 7, 1865, newly-inaugurated governor Richard Oglesby signed the bill repealing the black laws.
- Between 1830 and mid-century, colonial licensing laws were repealed, temporary, or rarely enforced.
- The constitutional court repealed the law in January.
- Two more acts followed in 1861 and 1863, repealing hundreds of old laws; these acts and subsequent legislation abrogated much of Magna Carta.
- It was Mill's circle of ‘Philosophic Radicals’ who, in the 1830s, were the primary Parliamentary advocates of and activists on behalf of repealing the remaining Acts.
- If the law is repealed, VW could be vulnerable to outside pressure.
- The report predicts price wars may arise if the government repeals the 1987 Grocery Act, though other sources believe the threat of the government repealing the act is now receding.
- In other words, although Parliament was repealing the Stamp Act, it retained its right to govern America.
- Massachusetts repealed its law in July, 1786, because, as Governor Bowdoin explained, other states, refusing to cooperate, had tried to use it for one-sided advantage.
- The Moroccanization law was repealed in 1993 and the Moroccan government began allowing for up to 100 percent repatriation of capital.
- She thought the genesis of the secrecy culture, the Official Secrets Act, should be repealed, and regretted the failure of the bill to do that.
- For a free and productive society to reemerge, the Sixteenth Amendment must be repealed - thereby abolishing the income tax.
- Finally, the Act of 1534 repealed the Act of 1484, and further stated that aliens could only sell wholesale wares to English-born printers or stationers, and that no bound books were to be imported at all.
- This repeal will be challenged as an invasion of state sovereignty, but recall that Congress had no trouble in 1939 repealing the tax exemption of state and local employees.
- Congress repealed the bankruptcy act in 1803 before its scheduled expiration.
- More has been said in recent years - even in recent days - about repealing the Act of Settlement.
Synonyms
revoke, rescind, cancel, reverse, abrogate, annul, nullify, declare null and void, make void, void, invalidate, render invalid, quash, abolish, set aside, countermand, retract, withdraw, overrule, override

nounrəˈpēlrəˈpil

The action of revoking or annulling a law or congressional act.
撤销，废止
the House voted in favor of repeal
议院投票赞成废止。
Example sentencesExamples
- Are you sure repeal will get you all the money you need?
- As most professionals now understand, the recently enacted estate tax repeal means that there is no estate tax repeal.
- He will learn that knowledge of liberalism cannot be derived from Adam Smith alone, and that the demand for repeal of interventionist measures is not identical with the call, Return to Adam Smith.
- The bill makes a mockery of the double-dividend-tax repeal the President is seeking, with its partial, phased-in cut that would cancel out the desired effects.
- A tax-reform panel has recommended eliminating the tax, but repeal would cost $1.2 trillion over the next decade.
- One claims that the Bubble Act effectively put a hold on new joint-stock companies in Britain until its repeal in 1825.
- Though many of the interest group representatives in favor of repeal indicated that the time for Glass-Steagall reform was urgent, legislators did not possess that same feeling of urgency.
- The repeal of the import duty would brush away at one stroke the danger of monopoly.
- This aimed to push for greater democracy inside the union, implement left policies, such as repeal of the Conservative employment legislation and build a more open left organisation.
- It is perfectly legitimate for him, as a strategic measure in that desired direction, to push for a drastic reduction or repeal of the income tax.
- The repeal of the Bubble Act in 1825 was followed by a series of tentative statutory initiatives which left the private joint-stock company in legal limbo.
- The repeal of Rule 42 was defeated by two votes last year.
- And since most experts agree that a full, permanent repeal of the estate tax under the new legislation is unlikely - there's no time like the present.
- There has been no repeal of the Law of Economics.
- The repeal of the Corn Law is these days commonly regarded as the ultimate victory of the classical liberal economic doctrine over wrong-headed mercantilism.
- Skeel argues that the enactment and repeal of the first three bankruptcy acts is an example of legislative cycling.
- The candidates are unanimous in favoring a repeal of some or all of the tax cuts.
- We know that reasonable men and women with access to the same facts urged repeal of Prohibition, presumably because they weighted good and harm differently; in short, because they had different values.
- The commission's report called for the immediate repeal of the 9 per cent stamp duty.
- This repeal will be challenged as an invasion of state sovereignty, but recall that Congress had no trouble in 1939 repealing the tax exemption of state and local employees.
Synonyms
revocation, rescinding, cancellation, reversal, annulment, nullification, voiding, invalidation, quashing, abolition, abrogation, setting aside, countermanding, retraction, withdrawal, rescindment, overruling, overriding

Origin

Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French repeler, from Old French re- (expressing reversal) + apeler ‘to call, appeal’.

单词	repeal
释义	Definition of repeal in English: repeal verb rɪˈpiːlrəˈpil [with object] Revoke or annul (a law or act of parliament) 撤销，废止（法律，议会法案） the legislation was repealed five months later 五个月后，这项立法被废止了。 Example sentencesExamples She thought the genesis of the secrecy culture, the Official Secrets Act, should be repealed, and regretted the failure of the bill to do that. For a free and productive society to reemerge, the Sixteenth Amendment must be repealed - thereby abolishing the income tax. Massachusetts repealed its law in July, 1786, because, as Governor Bowdoin explained, other states, refusing to cooperate, had tried to use it for one-sided advantage. This repeal will be challenged as an invasion of state sovereignty, but recall that Congress had no trouble in 1939 repealing the tax exemption of state and local employees. If the law is repealed, VW could be vulnerable to outside pressure. Between 1830 and mid-century, colonial licensing laws were repealed, temporary, or rarely enforced. If we cannot get a better system, we might be better off repealing all antitrust laws. More has been said in recent years - even in recent days - about repealing the Act of Settlement. In other words, although Parliament was repealing the Stamp Act, it retained its right to govern America. The report predicts price wars may arise if the government repeals the 1987 Grocery Act, though other sources believe the threat of the government repealing the act is now receding. The Moroccanization law was repealed in 1993 and the Moroccan government began allowing for up to 100 percent repatriation of capital. On February 7, 1865, newly-inaugurated governor Richard Oglesby signed the bill repealing the black laws. To offset the cost of repealing the tax, Congress is contemplating the extension of capital gains taxation to all who inherit financial assets, called a ‘carryover’ provision. Two more acts followed in 1861 and 1863, repealing hundreds of old laws; these acts and subsequent legislation abrogated much of Magna Carta. The Act was repealed in 1822 after Smith caused a smallpox epidemic in Tarboro, North Carolina. The constitutional court repealed the law in January. It was Mill's circle of ‘Philosophic Radicals’ who, in the 1830s, were the primary Parliamentary advocates of and activists on behalf of repealing the remaining Acts. Finally, the Act of 1534 repealed the Act of 1484, and further stated that aliens could only sell wholesale wares to English-born printers or stationers, and that no bound books were to be imported at all. However, the betterment provisions of the 1947 Act were repealed in 1953. Congress repealed the bankruptcy act in 1803 before its scheduled expiration. Synonyms revoke, rescind, cancel, reverse, abrogate, annul, nullify, declare null and void, make void, void, invalidate, render invalid, quash, abolish, set aside, countermand, retract, withdraw, overrule, override Law vacate, avoid archaic recall rare disannul noun rɪˈpiːlrəˈpil mass noun The action of revoking or annulling a law or act of parliament. 撤销，废止（法律，议会法案） the House voted in favour of repeal 议院投票赞成废止。 Example sentencesExamples As most professionals now understand, the recently enacted estate tax repeal means that there is no estate tax repeal. One claims that the Bubble Act effectively put a hold on new joint-stock companies in Britain until its repeal in 1825. It is perfectly legitimate for him, as a strategic measure in that desired direction, to push for a drastic reduction or repeal of the income tax. The bill makes a mockery of the double-dividend-tax repeal the President is seeking, with its partial, phased-in cut that would cancel out the desired effects. The repeal of the Bubble Act in 1825 was followed by a series of tentative statutory initiatives which left the private joint-stock company in legal limbo. The repeal of Rule 42 was defeated by two votes last year. This repeal will be challenged as an invasion of state sovereignty, but recall that Congress had no trouble in 1939 repealing the tax exemption of state and local employees. The commission's report called for the immediate repeal of the 9 per cent stamp duty. A tax-reform panel has recommended eliminating the tax, but repeal would cost $1.2 trillion over the next decade. The candidates are unanimous in favoring a repeal of some or all of the tax cuts. And since most experts agree that a full, permanent repeal of the estate tax under the new legislation is unlikely - there's no time like the present. This aimed to push for greater democracy inside the union, implement left policies, such as repeal of the Conservative employment legislation and build a more open left organisation. We know that reasonable men and women with access to the same facts urged repeal of Prohibition, presumably because they weighted good and harm differently; in short, because they had different values. The repeal of the import duty would brush away at one stroke the danger of monopoly. The repeal of the Corn Law is these days commonly regarded as the ultimate victory of the classical liberal economic doctrine over wrong-headed mercantilism. Are you sure repeal will get you all the money you need? Skeel argues that the enactment and repeal of the first three bankruptcy acts is an example of legislative cycling. He will learn that knowledge of liberalism cannot be derived from Adam Smith alone, and that the demand for repeal of interventionist measures is not identical with the call, Return to Adam Smith. Though many of the interest group representatives in favor of repeal indicated that the time for Glass-Steagall reform was urgent, legislators did not possess that same feeling of urgency. There has been no repeal of the Law of Economics. Synonyms revocation, rescinding, cancellation, reversal, annulment, nullification, voiding, invalidation, quashing, abolition, abrogation, setting aside, countermanding, retraction, withdrawal, rescindment, overruling, overriding archaic recall rare rescission, disannulment Derivatives repealable adjective rɪˈpiːləb(ə)lrəˈpiləb(ə)l To prevent self-entrenching amendments, assume that the amendment will be repealable under currently-existing constitutional procedures and voting rules, even if it purports to change those procedures and rules. Example sentencesExamples They insist, and profess to believe, that treaties like acts of assembly, should be repealable at pleasure. Origin Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French repeler, from Old French re- (expressing reversal) + apeler 'to call, appeal'. Definition of repeal in US English: repeal verbrəˈpēlrəˈpil [with object] Revoke or annul (a law or congressional act) 撤销，废止（法律，议会法案） the legislation was repealed five months later 五个月后，这项立法被废止了。 Example sentencesExamples If we cannot get a better system, we might be better off repealing all antitrust laws. However, the betterment provisions of the 1947 Act were repealed in 1953. The Act was repealed in 1822 after Smith caused a smallpox epidemic in Tarboro, North Carolina. To offset the cost of repealing the tax, Congress is contemplating the extension of capital gains taxation to all who inherit financial assets, called a ‘carryover’ provision. On February 7, 1865, newly-inaugurated governor Richard Oglesby signed the bill repealing the black laws. Between 1830 and mid-century, colonial licensing laws were repealed, temporary, or rarely enforced. The constitutional court repealed the law in January. Two more acts followed in 1861 and 1863, repealing hundreds of old laws; these acts and subsequent legislation abrogated much of Magna Carta. It was Mill's circle of ‘Philosophic Radicals’ who, in the 1830s, were the primary Parliamentary advocates of and activists on behalf of repealing the remaining Acts. If the law is repealed, VW could be vulnerable to outside pressure. The report predicts price wars may arise if the government repeals the 1987 Grocery Act, though other sources believe the threat of the government repealing the act is now receding. In other words, although Parliament was repealing the Stamp Act, it retained its right to govern America. Massachusetts repealed its law in July, 1786, because, as Governor Bowdoin explained, other states, refusing to cooperate, had tried to use it for one-sided advantage. The Moroccanization law was repealed in 1993 and the Moroccan government began allowing for up to 100 percent repatriation of capital. She thought the genesis of the secrecy culture, the Official Secrets Act, should be repealed, and regretted the failure of the bill to do that. For a free and productive society to reemerge, the Sixteenth Amendment must be repealed - thereby abolishing the income tax. Finally, the Act of 1534 repealed the Act of 1484, and further stated that aliens could only sell wholesale wares to English-born printers or stationers, and that no bound books were to be imported at all. This repeal will be challenged as an invasion of state sovereignty, but recall that Congress had no trouble in 1939 repealing the tax exemption of state and local employees. Congress repealed the bankruptcy act in 1803 before its scheduled expiration. More has been said in recent years - even in recent days - about repealing the Act of Settlement. Synonyms revoke, rescind, cancel, reverse, abrogate, annul, nullify, declare null and void, make void, void, invalidate, render invalid, quash, abolish, set aside, countermand, retract, withdraw, overrule, override nounrəˈpēlrəˈpil The action of revoking or annulling a law or congressional act. 撤销，废止 the House voted in favor of repeal 议院投票赞成废止。 Example sentencesExamples Are you sure repeal will get you all the money you need? As most professionals now understand, the recently enacted estate tax repeal means that there is no estate tax repeal. He will learn that knowledge of liberalism cannot be derived from Adam Smith alone, and that the demand for repeal of interventionist measures is not identical with the call, Return to Adam Smith. The bill makes a mockery of the double-dividend-tax repeal the President is seeking, with its partial, phased-in cut that would cancel out the desired effects. A tax-reform panel has recommended eliminating the tax, but repeal would cost $1.2 trillion over the next decade. One claims that the Bubble Act effectively put a hold on new joint-stock companies in Britain until its repeal in 1825. Though many of the interest group representatives in favor of repeal indicated that the time for Glass-Steagall reform was urgent, legislators did not possess that same feeling of urgency. The repeal of the import duty would brush away at one stroke the danger of monopoly. This aimed to push for greater democracy inside the union, implement left policies, such as repeal of the Conservative employment legislation and build a more open left organisation. It is perfectly legitimate for him, as a strategic measure in that desired direction, to push for a drastic reduction or repeal of the income tax. The repeal of the Bubble Act in 1825 was followed by a series of tentative statutory initiatives which left the private joint-stock company in legal limbo. The repeal of Rule 42 was defeated by two votes last year. And since most experts agree that a full, permanent repeal of the estate tax under the new legislation is unlikely - there's no time like the present. There has been no repeal of the Law of Economics. The repeal of the Corn Law is these days commonly regarded as the ultimate victory of the classical liberal economic doctrine over wrong-headed mercantilism. Skeel argues that the enactment and repeal of the first three bankruptcy acts is an example of legislative cycling. The candidates are unanimous in favoring a repeal of some or all of the tax cuts. We know that reasonable men and women with access to the same facts urged repeal of Prohibition, presumably because they weighted good and harm differently; in short, because they had different values. The commission's report called for the immediate repeal of the 9 per cent stamp duty. This repeal will be challenged as an invasion of state sovereignty, but recall that Congress had no trouble in 1939 repealing the tax exemption of state and local employees. Synonyms revocation, rescinding, cancellation, reversal, annulment, nullification, voiding, invalidation, quashing, abolition, abrogation, setting aside, countermanding, retraction, withdrawal, rescindment, overruling, overriding Origin Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French repeler, from Old French re- (expressing reversal) + apeler ‘to call, appeal’.
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