repeal
rih-PEELverbMeaning to cancel a law officially
Memory hook re-PEEL: PEEL the old rule off the wall. A worker peels the old “NO SKATEBOARDS” sign right off the park wall, and the skaters cheer. To officially cancel a law is to repeal it.
The city repealed its old ban on skateboards in the park.
In context The rule against bringing snacks into the library proved so unpopular that the board repealed it after just one month.
Similar revoke, rescind, cancel, overturn
Opposite enact, pass, ratify
From Old French rapeler, “to call back”: re (back) + apeler (to call).