Usually means: Formal revocation of a law.
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We found 39 dictionaries that define the word repeal:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. repeal: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. repeal: Merriam-Webster
  3. repeal: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. repeal: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. repeal, the Repeal: Collins English Dictionary
  6. repeal: Vocabulary.com
  7. Repeal, repeal: Wordnik
  8. repeal: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. repeal: Wiktionary
  10. repeal: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. repeal: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. repeal: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. repeal: Dictionary.com
  14. repeal: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. repeal: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. (Irish) Repeal, Repeal: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Repeal: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. repeal: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. repeal: Rhymezone
  20. Repeal: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. repeal: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. repeal: FreeDictionary.org
  23. repeal: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. repeal: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. repeal: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Business (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. repeal: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. repeal: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. repeal: Law.com Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  7. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  8. repeal: Legal dictionary
  9. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. repeal: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See repealable as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive) To cancel, invalidate, annul.
verb:  To recall; to summon (a person) again; to bring (a person) back from exile or banishment.
verb:  To suppress; to repel.
noun:  An act or instance of repealing.

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