REPEALING Synonyms: 160 Similar and Opposite Words

repealing

verb

present participle of repeal

as in canceling

to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to) the company called the furniture store to repeal the order for six new desks

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as in abolishing

to put an end to by formal action in 1933, Congress passed the 21st Amendment which repealed the Prohibition Amendment of 1919, thus making the sale, distribution, and use of alcohol legal once again

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as in renouncing

to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to) if I find that you have been lying about this, I'll instantly repeal every promise I made to you

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Recent Examples of repealing The Council earlier this month approved an ordinance repealing a July measure that directed the city manager to assess living conditions at the apartments and make emergency repairs. — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026 That includes prohibiting the construction of AI data centers in rural Texas neighborhoods, reducing the impacts of data centers on local communities, and repealing sales tax exemptions and other incentives. — Jack Fink, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 Tiffany has called for repealing the state tax incentive for data centers, while Crowley has not. — Jesse Bedayn, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026 New analysis recommends strengthening the regulations A new policy analysis by ecologists and forest management experts examined the potential local and large-scale impacts of repealing the Roadless Rule. — Dan Peck, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026 Carr’s legal arguments The Carr FCC makes several arguments to support its claim that Congress didn’t intend to forbid the FCC from changing or repealing the cap. — ArsTechnica, 4 Aug. 2026 The pathway to adoption resembles that of a sales tax, with the addition of repealing the 2017 statewide ban on taxing food and beverages. — Stephanie Leiser, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026 The options to address sales tax exemptions for data centers could include limiting the sales tax exemption or repealing them, Huffman said. — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 July 2026 Instead of lobbying for the law, Congress should be thinking about reforming, if not repealing, it. — James Surowiecki, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026

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No, fans weren’t punishing USC for canceling the Notre Dame series.

— Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Between 2019 and 2021, for example, the president proposed canceling Roman (then called WFIRST) three separate times in three different budget requests.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 30 Aug. 2026

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Debates over abolishing or scaling back the institution, which occasionally flare up in the United Kingdom and other nations, are rare in Norway.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
While his party debates abolishing prisons and owning grocery stores, Democratic Mayor Daniel Lurie is cleaning up his city.

— Kate Andrews, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of abolishing

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Eric Lai, a senior fellow with the Georgetown Center for Asian Law, said every actor in Hong Kong civil society who assumed that renouncing violence and working within the law would be fine has to revise that assumption.

— Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
That starts with renouncing the use of military intervention as a first resort and ending the practice of diplomacy by airstrike.

— MARC LYNCH, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of renouncing

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During this period, Obayuwana allegedly tried to cash at least three Treasury tax refund checks worth $382,109 and was successful in cashing one, withdrawing $229,109, federal authorities allege.

— Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
Mementum is trying to run from that fight by withdrawing its letter.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of withdrawing

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The following has zero to do with TCU’s revoking the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s credentials to cover TCU athletic events.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2026
However, experts said revoking a visa alone may have little impact on someone already in the country.

— María Luisa Paúl, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

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Vivo and Oppo phones have relied on various gimmicks, like smaller gimbals and pop-out lenses, to improve camera performance, though not to the extent of a physically retracting gimbal.

— Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 12 Aug. 2026
The remote control has mixed reviews, with this seemingly retracting from its otherwise glowing reviews.

— Tantse Walter, Space.com, 26 June 2026

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