Synonyms for repeal
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Rescind — to cancel, invalidate, annul
rescind, abolish, annul, revoke, abrogate, invalidate, reverse, cancel, nullify, overturn, veto, overrule, lift, vacate, countermand, override, vitiate, annihilate, undo, retract, disannul
Other
Noun
1. Abrogation
abrogation, abolition, annulment, nullification, rescission, revocation, reversal, invalidation, cancellation, cancelation US
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To cancel, invalidate, annul.
- n. 1
An act or instance of repealing.
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There we use repeal, abrogate, nullify, etc.: repeal by the enacting body, nullify by revolutionary proceedings; a later statute abrogates, without formally repealing, any earlier law with which it conflicts.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- abolish If I cannot abolish it, at least I won't support it.
- revoke We don't think they have the ability to revoke your privileges.
By length
- 4 letters
- lift1, veto2, undo2
- 5 letters
- annul2
- 6 letters
- cancel2, revoke2, vacate2
- 7 letters
- reverse2, abolish3, retract2, rescind2, nullify3, vitiate3
- 8 letters
- reversal3, override3, overturn3, overrule3, abrogate3, disannul
- 9 letters
- abolition4, annulment3
- 10 letters
- invalidate4, annihilate4, revocation4, abrogation4, rescission3
- 11 letters
- cancelation, countermand
- 12 letters
- cancellation4, invalidation5
- 13 letters
- nullification5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (veto2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- abroger
- Italiano
- abrogare
- Español
- anular
- Deutsch
- annullieren
- Català
- abrogar