# repeal

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɹəˈpiːl/ · frequency rank #8,718

## Definitions
1. To cancel, invalidate, annul.
2. To recall; to summon (a person) again; to bring (a person) back from exile or banishment.
3. To suppress; to repel.

## Etymology
From Anglo-Norman repeler, from Old French rapeler (“to call back, call in, call after, revoke”), from Latin repellō (“drive or thrust back”), from re- and pellō (“push or strike”). Doublet of repel.

## Easily confused with
- **repel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repeal-vs-repel)
- **revel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repeal-vs-revel)
- **repeat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repeal-vs-repeat)
- **reveal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repeal-vs-reveal)
- **replay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repeal-vs-replay)
- **repent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repeal-vs-repent)
- **reread** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repeal-vs-reread)
- **resell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repeal-vs-resell)
- **repealed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repeal-vs-repealed)
- **real** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/real-vs-repeal)
- **reel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reel-vs-repeal)
- **rebel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebel-vs-repeal)
- **repay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repay-vs-repeal)
- **renal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renal-vs-repeal)
- **regal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regal-vs-repeal)
- **rental** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rental-vs-repeal)
- **rectal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rectal-vs-repeal)
- **reheat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reheat-vs-repeal)
- **renewal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renewal-vs-repeal)

## Common misspellings (8)
`erpeal`, `reepal`, `repael`, `repeall`, `repela`, `reppeal`, `rpeeal`, `rrepeal`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/repeal