Repeal

(v. t.) To recall; to summon again, as persons.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To suppress; to repel.

(n.) Recall, as from exile.

(n.) Revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage.

整理:伊冯

• For the repeal of your terrible law--the Orders you hate so much. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Repeal this law, and you will soon see a change in their manners; _Saint Monday_ and _Saint Tuesday_ will soon cease to be holydays. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Will the repeal do you good--_much_ good, _immediate_ good? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Their repeal was greeted by riotous rejoicings in London, more hearty even than those in the colonies. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• They went so far as to repeal, after a spirited and acrimonious debate, the ordinance of secession. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The repeal of the Orders in Council saves me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• But it has stood all attacks, and went on well, notwithstanding the Assembly repealed its charter. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• This tax was afterwards repealed, and in the room of it was established the window-tax, which has undergone two several alterations and augmentations. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The act was too unfair to stand, and after a time was repealed. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• This was stiffly resisted, the British crown was intimidated, and the Stamp Acts were repealed (1766). 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The act, after some opposition, was repealed, about a year after it was enacted, and before it had ever been carried into execution. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• The law was repealed by Henry I in 1100, but the bell continued to be rung in many districts to modern times and probably may still be heard. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

整理:薇尔玛