English-Thai Dictionary

repeal

N การ ยกเลิก (กฎหมาย  คำสั่ง  การเพิกถอน  abrogation abolition kan-yok-lok

 

repeal

VT ยกเลิก (กฎหมาย  คำสั่ง  เพิกถอน  abrogate revoke yok-lok

 

repealable

ADJ ซึ่ง ยกเลิก  sueng-yok-lok

 

repealer

N ผู้ ยกเลิก  ผู้ เลิกล้ม  phu-yok-lok

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REPEAL

v.t.[L. appello; ad and pello. ] 1. To recall. [Obsolete as it respects persons.]
2. To recall, as a deed, will, law or statute; to revoke; to abrogate by an authoritative act, or by the same power that made or enacted; as, the legislature may repeal at one session, a law enacted at a preceding one.

 

REPEAL

n. 1. Recall from exile. [Not in use. ]
2. Revocation; abrogation; as the repeal of a statute.

 

REPEALABILITY

n.The quality of being repealable.

 

REPEALABLE

a.Capable of being repealed; revocable by the same power that enacted. It is held as a sound principle, that charters or grants which vest rights in individuals or corporations, are not repealable without the consent of the grantees, unless a clause reserving the right is inserted in the act.

 

REPEALED

pp. Revoked; abrogated.

 

REPEALER

n.One that repeals.

 

REPEALING

ppr. Revoking; abrogating.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

REPEAL

Re *peal " (r-pl "), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repealed (-pld "); p. pr. & vb. n. Repealing. ] Etym: [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 ] Whence Adam soon repealed The doubts that in his heart arose.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.

 

REPEAL

REPEAL Re *peal ", n.

 

1. Recall, as from exile. [Obs. ] The tribunes are no soldiers; and their people Will be as rash in the repeal, as hassty To expel him thence. Shak.

 

2. Revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage.

 

REPEALABILITY

REPEALABILITY Re *peal `a *bil "i *ty (--bl "-t ), n.

 

Defn: The quality or state of being repealable.

 

REPEALABLE

REPEALABLE Re *peal "a *ble (r-pl "-b'l ), a.

 

Defn: Capable of being repealed. -- Re *peal "a *ble *ness, n.

 

Syn. -- Revocable; abrogable; voidable; reversible.

 

REPEALER

REPEALER Re *peal "er (-r ), n.

 

Defn: One who repeals; one who seeks a repeal; specifically, an advocate for the repeal of the Articles of Union between Great Britain and Ireland.

 

REPEALMENT

REPEALMENT Re *peal "ment (-ment ), n.

 

Defn: Recall, as from banishment. [Obs. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

repeal

re peal |riˈpēl rəˈpil | ▶verb [ with obj. ] revoke or annul (a law or congressional act ): the legislation was repealed five months later. ▶noun the action of revoking or annulling a law or congressional act: the House voted in favor of repeal. DERIVATIVES re peal a ble adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French repeler, from Old French re- (expressing reversal ) + apeler ‘to call, appeal. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

repeal

re ¦peal |rɪˈpiːl | ▶verb [ with obj. ] revoke or annul (a law or act of parliament ): the legislation was repealed five months later. ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action of revoking or annulling a law or act of parliament: the House voted in favour of repeal. DERIVATIVES repealable adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French repeler, from Old French re- (expressing reversal ) + apeler ‘to call, appeal ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

repeal

repeal verb the Eighteenth Amendment was repealed in 1933: revoke, rescind, cancel, reverse, annul, nullify, declare null and void, quash, abolish; Law vacate; formal abrogate; archaic recall. ANTONYMS enact. ▶noun the repeal of the law: revocation, rescinding, cancellation, reversal, annulment, nullification, quashing, abolition; formal abrogation; archaic recall.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

repeal

repeal verb the Act was repealed in 1990: revoke, rescind, cancel, reverse, abrogate, annul, nullify, declare null and void, make void, void, invalidate, render invalid, quash, abolish, set aside, countermand, retract, withdraw, overrule, override; Law vacate, avoid; archaic recall; rare disannul. ANTONYMS introduce, enact, ratify. ▶noun the repeal of Protective Custody Law: revocation, rescinding, cancellation, reversal, annulment, nullification, voiding, invalidation, quashing, abolition, abrogation, setting aside, countermanding, retraction, withdrawal, rescindment, overruling, overriding; archaic recall; rare rescission, disannulment. ANTONYMS introduction, enactment, ratification.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

repeal

re peal /rɪpíːl /動詞 他動詞 〈法律など 〉を廃止 [撤回 ]する, 無効にする .名詞 U C (法律などの )廃止, 撤回 ; 〘英史 〙英国 アイルランド合併撤回運動 (1801年 ).