Synonyms of repealed

repealed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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• canceled
• abandoned
• scrapped
• revoked
• aborted
• rescinded
• recalled
• scrubbed
• reversed
• dropped
• terminated
• called off
• withdrew
• abrogated
• suspended
• invalidated
• nullified
• halted
• called
• annulled
• ended
• cried off
• retracted
• interrupted
• discontinued
• voided
• stopped
• recanted
• countermanded
• took back
• relinquished
• broke off
• rolled back
• wrote off
• held back
• surrendered
• gave up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continued
• kept
• engaged
• promised
• began
• started
• initiated
• commenced
• pledged
• undertook
• took up
• took on

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in 1933, Congress passed the 21st Amendment which repealed the Prohibition Amendment of 1919, thus making the sale, distribution, and use of alcohol legal once again

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abolished
• canceled
• overturned
• voided
• vacated
• revoked
• avoided
• invalidated
• rescinded
• abrogated
• nullified
• annulled
• dissolved
• suspended
• quashed
• dismissed
• withdrew
• abated
• negated
• vetoed
• struck down
• set aside
• rejected
• reversed
• retracted
• rolled back
• eliminated
• removed
• disannulled
• nulled
• overruled
• forbade
• did away with
• banned
• prohibited
• outlawed
• countermanded
• erased
• recalled
• overrode
• aborted
• enjoined
• eradicated
• disallowed
• called off
• called
• dropped
• annihilated
• liquidated
• threw out
• broke down
• wrote off

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• enacted
• established
• instituted
• founded
• laid down
• passed
• legislated
• approved
• ratified
• validated
• authorized
• permitted
• allowed
• prescribed
• endorsed
• legalized
• ordered
• sanctioned
• warranted
• formalized
• legitimized
• mandated
• decreed
• cleared
• legitimated
• commanded

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• renounced
• retracted
• withdrew
• denied
• contradicted
• abandoned
• refuted
• relinquished
• recanted
• repudiated
• reneged
• abjured
• took back
• forswore
• revoked
• abnegated
• recalled
• disavowed
• disowned
• negated
• disproved
• unsaid
• disclaimed
• spurned
• gainsaid
• forsook
• rebutted
• surrendered
• controverted
• disagreed (with)
• disallowed
• disputed
• backtracked
• negatived
• backed off
• backed down
• bolted
• gave up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stated
• declared
• maintained
• affirmed
• admitted
• adhered (to)
• claimed
• acknowledged
• proclaimed
• asserted
• contended
• adopted
• supported
• upheld
• confirmed
• endorsed
• professed
• accepted
• defended
• backed
• vowed
• embraced
• avowed
• vouched
• espoused

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of repealed

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

Prices collapsed after 1986, domestic production was increasingly exempted, and the tax was generating almost nothing by the time it was repealed. — Tibor Besedeš, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2026

Parents in the Lower Merion School District in Pennsylvania drew national attention in June when yelling broke out at a board meeting after the district repealed a policy that had given families a choice to opt out. — Stephanie Cook Broadhurst, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2026

Johns Hopkins University introduced a grade covering policy many years ago, but later repealed it. — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Thursday’s party-line vote repealed the national broadcast ownership rule, which bars a single company from reaching more than 39% of US TV households over the public airwaves. — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026