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Synonyms for repeal

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for repeal

to take back or remove

the act of reversing or annulling

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Synonyms for repeal

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The announcement of the Act's repeal marks a historic step in returning lawmaking powers from Brussels to the UK.
The bill seeks to repeal certain enactments and to amend certain other enactments.
He conceded that his Pakatan Harapan (PH) government had delayed initiatives to repeal the controversial law after promising to do so if it won the general election last year.
Dan Barr, an attorney at Perkins Coie who also represented the plaintiffs said the settlement agreed upon says the statute would be repealed, which it was already, and the regulation would also be repealed, but that anything further than the repeal vote would likely be discussed at the next Board of Ed meeting in May.
The critics of prevailing-wage repeal, meanwhile, provided many dire and fear-packed predictions.
According to the statement of objects and reasons, Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan in its report while discussing Repeal of Obsolete and Redundant Legislations' proposed to repeal the West Pakistan Juvenile Smoking Ordinance, 1959 (Ordinance No XII of 1959) in view of Prohibition of Smoking and Protection of Non-Smoker's Health Ordinance, 2002.
The Johnson Amendment, which prohibits 501(c)(3) organizations from engaging in partisan politics, has been popular topic within the sector since a repeal was placed in the Republican Party's platform in the autumn of 2016.
US president Donald Trump signed on Wednesday the repeal of a banking rule that would have allowed customers to band together to sue their bank or credit card company in case of disputes.
The demise of the latest repeal push means that Republicans are now all but certain to conclude Trump's first year in office without fulfilling one of their central promises, which the president and lawmakers had hoped to deliver on quickly after Trump took office.
Arkansas' Republican governor said Tuesday that he backs a revived effort to repeal former President Barack Obama's health care law, and the state's two senators, also Republicans, said they also support the legislation.
US Senate Republicans narrowly agreed on Tuesday to open debate on a bill to repeal Obamacare, but the party's seven-year effort to roll back Democratic President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law still faces significant hurdles.