单词 | repealment |
释义 | repealmentn. The action or an act of repealing or revoking; the fact of being repealed. In early use: †recall from banishment (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > exile or state of > [noun] > recall from exile repealing1431 repeal1483 repealment1597 1597 N. Ling Politeuphuia: Wits Common Wealth f.126 Great is the comfort a banished man takes at the tidings of his repealement. ?1623 O. Felltham Resolues xii. 38 Though vnthankefulnes banisheth loue, Gratitude obtaines a repealement. 1789 in C. Brooke Reliques Irish Poetry 14 He affected to engage with pleasure in the cause of the unhappy pair; he granted the desired repealment, and sent a ship to convey them back to Ireland. 1852 C. Heavysege Revolt of Tartarus v. 118 Disdain not me who thus unto you preach, The law's repealment. 1884 G. N. H. Peters Theocratic Kingdom Lord Jesus II. cxv. 111 Such promises given to believers..were merely intended to present a delusive hope, God foreseeing that they would not be realized because of a determined repealment of them! 1915 J. M. Hammond Quaint & Hist. Forts N. Amer. 31 Vigorous opposition in America caused the repealment of the act. 1993 CTK Business News (Nexis) 23 Apr. The ban's repealment..meant that starting April 24 it was possible to export animals and meat to Poland from the Czech Republic again. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1597 |
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