View example sentences, synonyms and word forms for Repeal.
Repeal meaning
To cancel, invalidate, annul. | To recall; to summon (a person) again; to bring (a person) back from exile or banishment. | To suppress; to repel.
Synonyms of Repeal
Example sentences (20)
The ACLU of Ohio has advocated for the repeal of panhandling restrictions in major cities and filed lawsuits that resulted in the repeal of such ordinances in Cleveland and Akron.
They don’t want to repeal the ACA because it is a bad health plan, they want to repeal the plan because a Black President fought to get it implemented and won the Congressional battle!
Repeal of the 18th Amendment offers something of a clue as to what would happen if there was a move to repeal the Second Amendment.
Implementation of repeal The repeal act established a process for ending the DADT policy.
The Southern Baptist Convention battled the repeal of DADT, warning that their endorsements for chaplains might be withdrawn if the repeal took place.
Admiral Mike Mullen, then Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff appearing on ABC News Sunday talk show 'This Week' discussing repeal of 'Don't Ask-Don't Tell' in May of 2010 (Photo credit: MC1 Chad J. McNeeley/U.
A group of Republican senators at the end of last week introduced a bill to repeal the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) that was passed in the wake of the September 11th attacks and is still being used to justify wars today.
A mere “statement of facts” would not repeal or override existing city law.
A public hearing on the code changes took place on Nov. 20, with the village’s ethics counsel, Steven Leventhal, presenting a draft code that would repeal and replace the existing ethics standards within the Village Code.
At its Calcutta Session, the Congress took note of Gandhi and the Indian community’s protests in Transvaal, South Africa, seeking the repeal of the province’s anti-Asiatic legislation, and congratulated him.
But the EU says the repeal of the anti-trafficking law in November could cause more deaths in the desert as it believes more people will opt to make the dangerous journey north.
But whether the PERMIT-MN bill, or any of the other proposals included in H.R. 1 – including measures to expand oil and gas drilling on public lands and the repeal of parts of President Biden’s climate initiative – remains to be seen.
China is urging Japan to repeal restrictions on the export of chip-making technology, citing violations of international and trade regulations.
Conservatives have vowed to repeal the law.
Cooper, in 2021, successfully blocked standalone versions of the pistol purchase permit repeal and another provision allowing guns on some school properties where religious services are held.
Cotham said later that day that while she didn't support the permit repeal, she had informed both parties she would be absent.
Even better news would be if Rubio and others sought to repeal daylight saving time and make standard time permanent.
FORT COLLINS – For the second time in a year, a successful citizen-led petition drive has forced the Fort Collins City Council to repeal its approval of a massive rewrite of the city’s voluminous 25-year-old land-use code and go back to the drawing board.
He also called on Beijing to repeal the security law and end its persecution of political activists.
If adopted, would repeal the authority of political subdivisions to adopt or enforce juvenile curfews.