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# repeal

«repeal» in Mova's school dictionary: **To officially end a law so that it no longer counts** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (repeal, repeals, repealed, repealing); noun (a repeal, repeals)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (law) To officially end a law so that it no longer counts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repeal/#m1)

2) (noun) The act of ending a law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repeal/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history and citizenship lessons laws are repealed by a parliament or congress, for example laws that were unfair. In news it tells the reader a rule has been cancelled. Phrases: «repeal a law», «the repeal of».

### examples

- Parliament voted to repeal the old law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repeal/#x1)
- The Corn Laws were repealed in Britain in 1846. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repeal/#x2)
- In the USA, Prohibition was ended by the repeal of a law in 1933. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repeal/#x3)
- People marched to ask for the unfair tax to be repealed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repeal/#x4)
- The repeal of the rule means you can now ride bikes in the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repeal/#x5)
- Only lawmakers can repeal a law, not the police. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repeal/#x6)

### note

Regular verb: repealed. Mostly about laws, not school rules (you «scrap» or «change» those). Not the same as «appeal» (asking for a decision to be changed) or «repel» (push away).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «repeal» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repeal/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.