1. (v.t.)repeal to revoke or withdraw formally or officially.
2. repeal to revoke or annul (a law, tax, etc.) by express legislative enactment.
3. (n.)repeal the act of repealing; revocation.
Etymology: (1275–1325; repelen < AF repel(l)er, OF
Definition of 'repeal'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (verb)abrogation, repeal, annulment the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation
2. (verb)revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate cancel officially "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
Definition of 'repeal'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)repeal recall, as from exile
2. (noun)repeal revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage
3. (verb)repeal to recall; to summon again, as persons
4. (verb)repeal to recall, as a deed, will, law, or statute; to revoke; to rescind or abrogate by authority, as by act of the legislature; as, to repeal a law
Definitions of repeal 
Afrikaans: opskort, ophef
Arabic: يُلْغي، يُبْطِل
Bulgarian: анулирам
Brazilian: revogar
Czech: zrušit
German: aufheben
Danish: ophæve
Greek: ακυρώνω, καταργώ, αίρω
Spanish: abrogar, revocar, derogar
Estonian: tühistama
Farsi: لغو کردن
Finnish: kumota
French: abroger
Hebrew: לְבַטֵל
Hindi: रद्द करना
Croatian: opozvati, ukinuti
Hungarian: hatálytalanít
Indonesian: mencabut
Icelandic: afnema,ógilda
Italian: abrogare
Japanese: 無効にする
Korean: 폐기하다
Lithuanian: atšaukti, panaikinti
Latvian: atcelt; anulēt
Malay: membatalkan (undang undan
Dutch: herroepen
Norwegian: oppheve, kalle tilbake
Polish: anulować
Persian: لغو کردن
Pashto: لرې كول،ايسته كول، لغوه ك
Portuguese: revogar
Romanian: a abroga
Russian: отменять
Slovak: zrušiť
Slovenian: preklicati
Serbian: opozvati
Swedish: återkalla, upphäva
Thai: ยกเลิก (กฎหมาย, คำสั่ง)
Turkish: iptal etmek, yürürlükten 
Taiwanese: 廢除
Ukrainian: анулювати; скасовувати
Urdu: منسوخ کرنا
Vietnamese: huỷ bỏ
Chinese: 废除
