Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A calling back; recall, as from banishment.
  • noun The act of abrogating or revoking; repeal.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete Recall, as from banishment.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete Recall, as from banishment.

Etymologies

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repeal +‎ -ment

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Examples

  • There is NO WAY this many of you lads down there have never traveled or talked to anyone in other country about their healthcare to make repealment a favourable option.

    Think Progress » CNN poll: 47 percent of Americans want to repeal health care reform. 2010

  • As prefaced by the preceding post relative to "blue" laws and their "advancement" via supersession / revision by means of amendment and / or repealment, the laws stood on the merit of their latest revision as the current definition thereof.

    unknown title 2009

  • As prescribed in AMFI's best practices, the repealment of no-objection certificate (NOC) for shifting to a new financial planner (a mutual fund distributor or agent, in this case) has left a hole in the earnings kitty of large distributors.

    GalaTime 2008

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