repealed

verb

past tense of repeal
1
as in canceled
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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2
as in abolished
to put an end to by formal action in 1933, Congress passed the 21st Amendment which repealed the Prohibition Amendment of 1919, thus making the sale, distribution, and use of alcohol legal once again

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3
as in renounced
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Recent Examples of repealed By contrast, Congress repealed federal restrictions and taxes on brewing beer for personal use in 1978. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026 In 2022, Williams helped lead a group of residents to introduce and pass ballot measures that repealed three of El Dorado Hills’ LLADs. — Haley Parsley august 28, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026 But the immunizations considered for repeal by DOH are only an agency rule, not in state law, and can be repealed by the agency itself. — CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026 Other vaccine requirements, such as for measles, polio and mumps, are in state statute and would require the Legislature’s sign-off to be repealed. — Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2026 If the rule is repealed as proposed, those prohibitions will go away. — Dan Peck, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026 However, the laws were ultimately repealed after being met with massive agitations from farmers and farmer unions, especially from Punjab, Haryana, and western Uttar Pradesh. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026 After public pushback, state legislators backtracked and repealed some of the requirements. — Lauren Sommer, NPR, 17 Aug. 2026 If approved by voters, the top-two primary would be repealed and the system would revert to its prior version, insuring every qualified political party could have a candidate advance in the primary to the general election. — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repealed
  1. canceled
  2. abolished
  3. renounced
  4. abandoned
  5. retracted
  6. scrapped
  7. withdrew
  8. revoked
Verb
  • If the league and union can’t agree on a new contract by some time in March, some regular-season games likely would be canceled.
    — Evan Drellich, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • South Korean officials said this week that a second exercise, for amphibious landings scheduled for September, was canceled in June.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of canceled
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  • Alabama has since abolished judicial override, the practice that allowed judges to order the state to kill a person even though a jury of one’s peers requested otherwise.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Japan has faced growing criticism over its use of the death penalty, as a majority of the international community has abolished capital punishment.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of abolished
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  • Yermolaiev has lived in the glitzy city state on the Mediterranean coast for several years, having left Ukraine and renounced his Ukrainian citizenship in 2019 to become a citizen of Cyprus.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Their virality comes at a time when the very generation that inspired them has largely renounced the label.
    — Margaux MacColl, Vanity Fair, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of renounced
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  • When a friend pointed out some weighted bags lining the path at the bottom of the staircase one day, the siblings quickly abandoned the water jug idea.
    — Jenna Belhumeur, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Geren said the convention center was part of a larger effort to revitalize downtown Fort Worth in the 1960s after it was partly abandoned by commercial tenants in the previous decade.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of abandoned
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  • That's because the sink and invisible dual-burner induction cooktop are concealed below a sliding top that works just like a bar or table when retracted.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The study was found to be fraudulent; eventually, it was retracted entirely.
    — Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of retracted
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  • Adding pressure to Shein’s sales and already thin margins, the European Union last month scrapped a similar exemption.
    — John Liu, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Three Saudi companies have scrapped plans for initial public offerings that were scheduled over the next month because of expectations of weak investor demand as the Iran war weighs on sentiment, according to people familiar with the matter.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of scrapped
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  • The airline withdrew an application for a third flyover planned for this coming weekend, the aviation authority said.
    — Pete Muntean, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The union later withdrew that measure, but only after the council struck a deal to require new hotel projects to go through a more extensive approval process at City Hall.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of withdrew
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  • Citing what an administrative law judge called egregious conduct, the DEA last month revoked Rubinger’s ability to prescribe opioids.
    — Joshua Goodman, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Jackson discharged its last patient to Calvinelle South in November 2025, hospital records show — eight months after a state administrative law judge wrote an order recommending the home’s license be revoked.
    — Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of revoked

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