Definition of repeal

• v. t. - To recall; to summon again, as persons.
• v. t. - 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.
• v. t. - To suppress; to repel.
• n. - Recall, as from exile.
• n. - Revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage.