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of U. S. Constitutional provisions require an amendment, as with the repeal of prohibition in which the 21st Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment. 2) n. the act of annulling a statute.
Definition of repeal. 1  transitive verb. 2  1 : to rescind or annul by authoritative act; especially : to revoke or abrogate by legislative enactment. 3  2 : abandon, renounce. 4  3 obsolete : to summon to return : recall.