repeal
English Thesaurus
1. the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | cancellation, |
| definition | : | the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | derogation, |
| definition | : | (law) the partial taking away of the effectiveness of a law; a partial repeal or abolition of a law (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | vacation, |
| definition | : | the act of making something legally void (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | recall, |
| definition | : | the act of removing an official by petition (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | revocation, |
| definition | : | the act (by someone having the authority) of annulling something previously done (noun.act) |
2. cancel officially (verb.communication)
| hypernym | : | cancel, strike down, |
| definition | : | declare null and void; make ineffective (verb.social) |
3. the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation (noun.act)
| derivation | : | abrogate, |
| definition | : | revoke formally (verb.social) |
4. cancel officially (verb.communication)
| derivation | : | recission, rescission, |
| definition | : | (law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the contract had not been made (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | vacation, |
| definition | : | the act of making something legally void (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | revocation, |
| definition | : | the act (by someone having the authority) of annulling something previously done (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | countermand, |
| definition | : | a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | reversible, |
| definition | : | capable of being reversed (adj.all) |
5. the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation (noun.act)
| derivation | : | abrogate, |
| definition | : | revoke formally (verb.social) |
6. cancel officially (verb.communication)
| derivation | : | recission, rescission, |
| definition | : | (law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the contract had not been made (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | vacation, |
| definition | : | the act of making something legally void (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | revocation, |
| definition | : | the act (by someone having the authority) of annulling something previously done (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | countermand, |
| definition | : | a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | reversible, |
| definition | : | capable of being reversed (adj.all) |
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