Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Repeal

Repeal (r?-p?l") , transitive verb

[Old French repeler to call back, French rappeler; pref. re- re- + Old French apeler, French appeler, to call, Latin appellare. See Appeal, and. compare Repel.]

1.
To recall; to summon again, as persons. [Obsolete]
The banished Bolingbroke repeals himself, And with uplifted arms is safe arrived. — Shakespeare
2.
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.
3.
To suppress; to repel. [Obsolete]
Whence Adam soon repealed The doubts that in his heart arose. — Milton

Repeal , noun

1.
Recall, as from exile. [Obsolete]
The tribunes are no soldiers; and their people Will be as rash in the repeal, as hasty To expel him thence. — Shakespeare
2.
Revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage.