Re‐peal″, n. 1. Recall, as from exile.
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.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.