Bible Dictionaries
Repeal

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage.

(2):

(n.) Recall, as from exile.

(3):

(v. t.) To recall; to summon again, as persons.

(4):

(v. t.) To recall, as a deed, will, law, or statute; to revoke; to rescind or abrogate by authority, as by act of the legislature; as, to repeal a law.

(5):

(v. t.) To suppress; to repel.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Repeal'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/repeal.html. 1828.