repealing
Undoing a law
Repealing is the act of officially revoking or annulling a law, regulation, or policy.
Legislatures repeal statutes; agencies repeal rules.
The word implies formal withdrawal through the same authority that enacted it: Congress is repealing the tax provision, The board voted for repealing the dress code.
Related: repeal (noun and verb).
Officially end a practice
- rescindFormally cancel or withdraw
- revokeOfficially cancel authorization
- invalidateMake null or void
- nullifyMake of no effect
quash · abrogate · void · vacate · retract · withdraw · undo · expunge
Act of nullifying
- abrogationAbolition of a law
- revocationOfficial cancellation of privilege
- nullificationFormal cancellation of validity
- voidingNullifying or emptying
quashing · abolishment · annulment · rescission · countermanding · vacatur · negation · vitiation
Enacted written rule
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- billAmount owed, written
- enactmentPassing into law
- amendmentChange to official text
senate · deregulate · policy · government · constitution · lobbying · advocacy · campaign
Change to official text
- revisionAltering to improve
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- overhaulComplete systematic repair
- modernizationAdoption of current methods
replacement · update · transformation · deregulation · reauthorization · sunset · rollback · phase-out
abolish
Officially end a practice
- rescindFormally cancel or withdraw
- revokeOfficially cancel authorization
- invalidateMake null or void
nullify · quash · abrogate · void · vacate · retract · withdraw · undo · expunge · overturn
invalidation
Act of nullifying
- abrogationAbolition of a law
- revocationOfficial cancellation of privilege
- nullificationFormal cancellation of validity
voiding · quashing · abolishment · annulment · rescission · countermanding · vacatur · negation · vitiation · disaffirmation
statute
Enacted written rule
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- billAmount owed, written
- enactmentPassing into law
amendment · senate · deregulate · policy · government · constitution · lobbying · advocacy · campaign · bipartisan
amendment
Change to official text
- revisionAltering to improve
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- overhaulComplete systematic repair
modernization · replacement · update · transformation · deregulation · reauthorization · sunset · rollback · phase-out · decriminalization
- approvalsapproved, approve, authorizing, certification, endorsing
- Replacement termsreplacing, supplanting, displacing, swap, switch
repealingenacting
Making into law
passing · establishing · legislating · instituting · adopting
repealingratifying
Formally validating an agreement
validating · upholding · affirming · confirming · sanctioning
appealing, propel, repel, expel, repellent, repulsive, repeal, appealed, compulsion