REPEALED Synonyms: 161 Similar and Opposite Words

repealed

verb

past tense of repeal

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to put an end to by formal action in 1933, Congress passed the 21st Amendment which repealed the Prohibition Amendment of 1919, thus making the sale, distribution, and use of alcohol legal once again

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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Recent Examples of repealed Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas is promising a replacement ordinance for the conversion therapy ban the City Council recently repealed. —

Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2026 Late last year, New Hampshire repealed its PDAB, which had existed since 2020. —

Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026 Shack’s efforts were later overturned when singer and Florida citrus spokeswoman Anita Bryant petitioned to put the ordinance on the ballot, stoking anti-gay sentiment that led it to be repealed in June of 1977. —

Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 24 May 2026 The federal estate tax was effectively repealed for those who died in 2010 as a result of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, although executors could elect to apply the estate tax rules to take advantage of the step-up in basis which would have otherwise been lost. —

Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026 Another reason for retroactive benefits is a legislative adjustment, such as the one made into law by the Social Security Fairness Act in 2025, which repealed the Social Security Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision. —

Elliot Raphaelson, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2026 The time change was repealed just months later. —

Chad De Guzman, Time, 22 May 2026 But in early 2024, Landry signed a series of bills that repealed most of those reforms. —

Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 22 May 2026 This policy was ultimately repealed due to successful lobbying of Congress by the Recording Artists’ Coalition, a trade organization that represents recording artists. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 May 2026

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The show was cancelled after that season, when Barr posted a tweet comparing Barack Obama's former adviser Valerie Jarrett to an ape.

— Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026
The United Kingdom’s Home Office canceled travel permits belonging to Piker, 34, and Turkish-American broadcaster and attorney Cenk Uygur.

— Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 1 June 2026