repeals
Strikes from books
Repeals is the third-person singular form of the verb repeal, which means to officially revoke or cancel a law, regulation, or other formal enactment.
When a legislative body repeals a statute, that law no longer has legal force.
The Senate repeals outdated provisions every session.
The noun repeal refers to the act of revoking: The repeal of Prohibition ended the ban on alcohol sales.
annuls
Declares legally invalid
- abrogatesOfficially abolishes or annuls
- rescindsOfficially cancels or withdraws
- nullifiesMakes of no effect
cancels · invalidates · overturns · quashes · vacates · voids · countermands · reverses · abolishes · reverts
- legislationbills, acts, laws, statutes, bill
- EU lawTreaty of Rome, acquis communautaire, directives, transposition, direct effect
legislative action
repealsenacts
Makes officially binding
establishes · passes · enactments · legislates · introduces
- prohibition repealLifting of alcohol restrictions
repeal, repealed, repealing, unrepealed, repealer, repealers