Abolish vs. Repeal

Abolishverb

To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.

Abolishverb

(archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out.

Abolishverb

To do away with wholly; to annul; to make void; - said of laws, customs, institutions, governments, etc.; as, to abolish slavery, to abolish folly.

Abolishverb

To put an end to, or destroy, as a physical objects; to wipe out.

Abolishverb

do away with;

Abolishverb

formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)

Repealverb

(transitive) To cancel, invalidate, annul.

Repealverb

To recall; to summon (a person) again; to bring (a person) back from exile or banishment.

Repealverb

To suppress; to repel.

Repealnoun

An act or instance of repealing.

Repealverb

To recall; to summon again, as persons.

Repealverb

To recall, as a deed, will, law, or statute; to revoke; to rescind or abrogate by authority, as by act of the legislature; as, to repeal a law.

Repealverb

To suppress; to repel.

Repealnoun

Recall, as from exile.

Repealnoun

Revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage.

Repealnoun

the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation

Repealverb

annul by recalling or rescinding;

Repealverb

revoke or annul (a law or act of parliament)

Repealnoun

the action of revoking or annulling a law or act of parliament

Repeal

A repeal (O.F. rapel, modern rappel, from rapeler, rappeler, revoke, re and appeler, appeal) is the removal or reversal of a law. There are two basic types of repeal, a repeal with a re-enactment (or replacement) of the repealed law, or a repeal without any replacement.