MEANING
Officially end the legal effect of a law or regulation.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- repeal legislation
- repeal a provision
On the page
Parliament repealed the provision after a public review.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- repeal
- Past tense
- repealed
- Past participle
- repealed
- Present participle
- repealing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- repeal
- Present continuous
- am/is/are repealing
- Present perfect
- have/has repealed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been repealing
- Past
- repealed
- Past continuous
- was/were repealing
- Past perfect
- had repealed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been repealing
- Future
- will repeal
- Future continuous
- will be repealing
- Future perfect
- will have repealed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been repealing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: repeal; repeals; repealed; repealed; repealing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation, evaluation. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: repeals.
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