repealer
Statute nullification advocate
A repealer is a person or thing that repeals—typically a legislative act that revokes or abolishes a previous law.
The term often appears in political contexts: Repealers of the Eighteenth Amendment ended Prohibition.
Historically, Repealers were Irish activists who sought to repeal the Act of Union with Britain.
Formally cancel or withdraw
- invalidateMake null or void
- voidWithout legal effect
- annulDeclare legally void
- abrogateFormally abolish or annul
quash · overturn · countermand · vacate · negate · revoke · cancel · retract
One who advocates publicly
- activistVigorous cause champion
- lobbyistPaid legislative influencer
- reformerAgent of institutional improvement
- crusaderZealous advocate for change
champion · petitioner · proponent · abolitionist · prohibitionist · legislator · lawmaker · sponsor
Enacted written rule
- amendmentChange to official text
- billAmount owed, written
- actDeed or performance
- lawBinding principle or regulation
ordinance · provision · enactment · regulation · mandate · decree · prohibition · ban
Separate into parts
- eliminateRemove completely
- terminateBring to an end
- eradicateDestroy completely, utterly
- expungeDelete entirely, officially
suppress · extinguish · abolition · end · removal · dissolution · cessation · discontinuation
rescind
Formally cancel or withdraw
- invalidateMake null or void
- voidWithout legal effect
- annulDeclare legally void
abrogate · quash · overturn · countermand · vacate · negate · revoke · cancel · retract · undo
campaigner
One who advocates publicly
- activistVigorous cause champion
- lobbyistPaid legislative influencer
- reformerAgent of institutional improvement
crusader · champion · petitioner · proponent · abolitionist · prohibitionist · legislator · lawmaker · sponsor · supporter
statute
Enacted written rule
law · ordinance · provision · enactment · regulation · mandate · decree · prohibition · ban · measure
dismantle
Separate into parts
expunge · suppress · extinguish · abolition · end · removal · dissolution · cessation · discontinuation · rollback
repealerenactor
One who passes legislation
legislator · lawmaker · establisher · creator · author
repealerpreserver
One that maintains or saves
defender · upholder · maintainer · protector · conservator
- prohibition repealLifting of alcohol restrictions
repeal, repeals, repealed, repealing, unrepealed, repealable, repealers