Repeal and Ratification

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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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Ratification is an antonym for repeal in abolition topic.

Nearby Words: repealed, repealing

Ratification noun - Making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it.

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Repeal is an antonym for ratification.

Nearby Words: ratify, ratified, ratifying

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