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Repeal(law)

repeal(1) (iou)



repeal noun. L15.
[Anglo-Norman repel = Old French rapel (mod. rappel), from rapeler: see REPEAL verb.]
Recall of a person, esp. from exile. L15-M17.
The action or an act of repealing a law, sentence, etc.; annulment, revocation, withdrawal. E16.
b. spec. (Hist.) Cancellation of the parliamentary Union between Great Britain and Ireland as an Irish political demand, esp. in 1830 and the 1840s. M19.
Means or possibility of release. rare. L16.