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repeal
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of REPEAL
1
the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to <the long overdue repeal of laws prohibiting interracial marriage>
Synonyms abandonment, abortion, calling, calling off, dropping, recall, recision, repeal, rescission, revocation
Related Words annulment, invalidation, neutralization, nullification, voidance; abolishment, abolition, ending, halting, stopping, termination; giving up, relinquishment, surrender; reversal, rollback
Antonyms continuation
2
the doing away with something by formal action <the repeal of Prohibition during Franklin D. Roosevelt's first term>
Synonyms abatement, abolishment, abrogation, annulment, avoidance, cancellation (also cancelation), defeasance, dissolution, invalidation, negation, nullification, quashing, repeal, rescindment, voiding
Related Words abortion, calling off, recall; countermand, override, overruling, overturn, veto; retraction, reversal, revocation, suspension, withdrawal; banning, enjoining, forbiddance, outlawing, prohibition; disallowance, dismissal, rejection; elimination, eradication, erasure, liquidation, removal
Near Antonyms enactment, legislation; establishment, founding, institution; formalization, legalization, legitimation, legitimization, validation; passing, ratification; approval, authorization, clearance, endorsement (also indorsement), permission, sanctioning; commandment, decreeing, mandating, ordering, prescription
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