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REPEAL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation

Synonyms:

abrogation; annulment; repeal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("repeal" is a kind of...):

cancellation (the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "repeal"):

derogation ((law) the partial taking away of the effectiveness of a law; a partial repeal or abolition of a law)

vacation (the act of making something legally void)

recall (the act of removing an official by petition)

revocation (the act (by someone having the authority) of annulling something previously done)

Derivation:

repeal (cancel officially)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cancel officially

Example:

vacate a death sentence

Synonyms:

annul; countermand; lift; overturn; repeal; rescind; reverse; revoke; vacate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "repeal" is one way to...):

cancel; strike down (declare null and void; make ineffective)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "repeal"):

go back on; renege; renege on; renegue on (fail to fulfill a promise or obligation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

repeal (the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation)

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