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
Re*peal`a*bil"i*ty (—bl"-t), n.
Defn: The quality or state of being 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Defn: Capable of being repealed.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
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
Re*peal"ment (-ment), n.