Other women from the entertainment world making it to the Most Powerful Women list this year are Angelina Jolie (No. 54), Ellen Degeneres (No. 50), Sofia Vergara (No. 52), Beyonce (No. 21), and China's prominent actress Yao Chen (No. 82).
uk â /rÉªËpiËl/ us â LAW. âº the act of stating officially that a law, rule, etc. no longer has legal force: a repeal of sth The governor lobbied for repeal of the death penalty. They want to make sure their cashflow will be unaffected before they decide to back a repeal.
President Grover Cleveland called Congress into special session to repeal the Silver Act in 1893. noun The definition of a repeal is the act of taking something back. An example of a repeal is the process of cancelling a law. To repeal is defined as to formally withdraw, or to take something back. An example of to repeal is to reverse a law.