repeal reversal
1repeal — re·peal /ri pēl/ vt [Anglo French repeler, from Old French, from re back + apeler to appeal, call, from Latin appellare to address, entreat, call by name]: to rescind or annul by authoritative act; esp: to revoke or abrogate by legislative… …
2reversal — re·ver·sal n 1: an act or the process of reversing 2: an instance of reversing the reversal of the lower court s decision Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
3reversal — [n] about face annulment, backpedaling, cancellation, change in direction, doubleback, repeal, rescinding, retraction, switch, turnabout, turnaround, U turn, volte face; concept 697 …
4Repeal — A repeal is the removal or reversal of a law. This is generally done when a law is no longer effective, or it is shown that a law is having far more negative consequences than were originally envisioned. Major repeals in history include: *The… …
5reversal — noun 1) there was no reversal on this issue Syn: turnaround, turnabout, about face, volte face, change of heart, U turn, one eighty, 180, backtracking; rare tergiversation 2) a reversal of roles Syn: swap, ex …
6reversal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. setback; turnabout, tit for tat; inversion; repeal; upset; abrogation. See change, reversion. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. repudiation, repeal, turnabout; see about face , cancellation , refusal ,… …
7repeal — 1. verb the Eighteenth Amendment was repealed in 1933 Syn: revoke, rescind, cancel, reverse, annul, nullify, declare null and void, quash, abolish; Law vacate; formal abrogate; archaic recall Ant: enact 2. noun the repeal of the law Syn …
8repeal — 1. verb the Act was repealed Syn: cancel, abolish, reverse, rescind, revoke, annul, quash Ant: enact 2. noun the repeal of the law Syn: cancellation, abolition, reversal …
9repeal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. revoke, recall, annul, nullify, vacate, abrogate. See nullification. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. abrogation, annulment, cancellation, revocation, reversal, withdrawal, abolition; see also cancellation …
10repeal — Synonyms and related words: abolish, abolition, abrogate, abrogation, annihilate, annul, annulment, bring to naught, cancel, cancellation, countermand, counterorder, disannul, dismantle, do away with, invalidate, invalidation, lift, make void,… …
