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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Repeal \Re*peal"\ (r?-p?l"), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Repealed} (-p?ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Repealing}.] [OF. repeler to call back, F. rappeler; pref. re- re- + OF. apeler, F. appeler, to call, L. appellare. See {Appeal}, and. cf. {Repel}.]
1. To recall; to summon again, as persons. [Obs.]
The banished Bolingbroke repeals himself, And with uplifted arms is safe arrived. --Shak.
2. 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.
3. To suppress; to repel. [Obs.]
Whence Adam soon repealed The doubts that in his heart arose. --Milton.
Syn: To abolish; revoke; rescind; recall; annul; abrogate; cancel; reverse. See {Abolish}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Repeal \Re*peal"\, noun
1. Recall, as from exile. [Obs.]
The tribunes are no soldiers; and their people Will be as rash in the repeal, as hasty To expel him thence. --Shak.
2. Revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
repeal
noun: the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation [syn: {abrogation}, {annulment}]
verb: annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" [syn: {revoke}, {annul}, {lift}, {countermand}, {reverse}, {overturn}, {rescind}, {vacate}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "repeal": abolish, abolition, abrogate, abrogation, annihilate, annul, annulment, bring to naught, cancel, cancellation, countermand, counterorder, disannul, dismantle, do away with, invalidate, invalidation, lift, make void, negate, negative, nullification, nullify, override, overrule, recall, recant, renege, rescind, rescindment, rescission, retract, reversal, reverse, revocation, revoke, set aside, suspend, undo, vacate, void, voiding, waive, withdraw, write off
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