Overturn and Repeal

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Overturn

Overturn verb - Cancel officially.

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Repeal is a synonym for overturn in cancel topic. In some cases you can use "Repeal" instead the word "Overturn" as a verb or a noun, when it comes to topics like reverse, flip over.

Nearby Words: overturned, overturning

Repeal

Repeal noun - The doing away with something by formal action.

Usage example: the repeal of Prohibition during Franklin D. Roosevelt's first term

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Overturn is a synonym for repeal. You can use "Overturn" instead the word "Repeal" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: repealed, repealing

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order	overturn order	repeal order
law	overturn law	repeal law
sentence	overturn sentence	repeal sentence
ban	overturn ban	repeal ban
Other words: laws.

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