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Definition of Repeal
Repeal

To recall; to summon again, as persons.

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.

Recall, as from exile.

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

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Repeal Quotations

I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known.
Abraham Lincoln

There are no good laws but such as repeal other laws.
Andrew Johnson

He has called for a repeal of the Fifth Amendment as it affects the right of private property.
Dixie Lee Ray

I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying.
Barack Obama

It is day after day in this institution, borrow money, run up the debt, run up the deficits and then with a straight face say, we are going to repeal a tax that affects 1 percent of the American people, just 1 percent of the American people.
Richard Neal

Repeal Translations

repeal in German is aufheben


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