USA HISTORY

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783

AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What does repeal mean?
A
To take back or cancel a law
B
To boycott
C
An agreement between two contries
D
To take away
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The verb repeal comes from the Anglo-French word repeler, “to call back.” Repeal is almost always used in the context of law: When a government decides to get rid of an ordinance or law, that ordinance or law is repealed.

Detailed explanation-2: -to revoke or withdraw formally or officially: to repeal a grant. to revoke or annul (a law, tax, duty, etc.) by express legislative enactment; abrogate.

Detailed explanation-3: -repeal. 1) v. to annul an existing law, by passage of a repealing statute, or by public vote on a referendum. Repeal of constitutional provisions requires an amendment, as with the repeal of prohibition in which the 21st Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment. 2) n. the act of annulling a statute.

Detailed explanation-4: -(rɪpil ) Word forms: repeals, repealing, repealed. transitive verb. If the government repeals a law, it officially ends it, so that it is no longer valid.

Detailed explanation-5: -1. to withdraw officially or formally; revoke; cancel; annul. repeal a law.

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