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Added 8 October 2026

repeal

/ɹəˈpiːl/ verb

Latin root: repellō Wiktionary

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about repeal at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To cancel, invalidate, annul.
to repeal a law
To recall; to summon (a person) again; to bring (a person) back from exile or banishment.
To suppress; to repel.

noun

An act or instance of repealing.

Origin

From Anglo-Norman repeler, from Old French rapeler (“to call back, call in, call after, revoke”), from Latin repellō (“drive or thrust back”), from re- and pellō (“push or strike”). Doublet of repel.

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