1. capable of being officially revoked or canceled
Usage: legal; formal

Examples

• The new tax law is repealable if the legislature votes against it.
• Unlike constitutional amendments, most statutes are repealable by simple majority vote.
• The city council assured residents that the controversial ordinance was repealable.
• Emergency powers granted to the mayor are temporary and repealable.
• The contract contained a clause making certain provisions repealable under specific conditions.
• Citizens organized a campaign arguing that the unpopular regulation should be repealable.