Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun repeal

1 sense of repeal

Sense 1
abrogation, repeal, annulment -- (the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation)
       => cancellation -- (the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb repeal

1 sense of repeal

Sense 1
revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate -- (cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence")
       => cancel, strike down -- (declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law")