advance verb [ I/T ] (MOVE FORWARD) âº to go or move something forward, or to develop or improve something: [ T ] Research has advanced our understanding of the virus. [ I ] Tonightâs winner advances to the semifinals.
repeal. 1) v. to annul an existing law, by passage of a repealing statute, or by public vote on a referendum. Repeal of U. S. Constitutional provisions require an amendment, as with the repeal of prohibition in which the 21st Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment. 2) n. the act of annulling a statute.
Verb. 1. repeal-cancel officially; He revoked the ban on smoking; lift an embargo; vacate a death sentence. countermand, rescind, revoke, annul, vacate, reverse, overturn, lift. go back on, renege, renege on, renegue on-fail to fulfill a promise or obligation; She backed out of her promise.