- 3. Retaliate, revenge, avenge.
Repeal, v. a. Abrogate (a law), rescind, revoke, recall, reverse, annual, cancel, abolish, set aside, do away, make void.
Repeal, n. Abrogation, revocation, rescission, rescinding, annulment, abolition.
Repeat, v. a.
- 1. Iterate, reiterate, do again, make again.
- 2. Recite, rehearse, recapitulate, tell over, cite, quote, say over, relate.
- 3. Renew, reproduce, echo, re-echo.
Repeatedly, ad. Again and again.
Repeater, n. Revolver.
Repel, v. a.
- 1. Repulse, drive, beat, or force back.
- 2. Resist, oppose, check, withstand, confront, parry, rebuff, strive against, make a stand against.
- 3. Reject, refuse, decline.
Repellent, a. Repulsive, repelling.
Repent, v. a. Rue, be sorry, for, regret, remember with sorrow.
Repent, v. n. Regret, be sorry, be penitent, feel remorse.
Repentance, n. Penitence, contrition, contriteness, compunction, remorse, regret, sorrow for wrong- doing, self-reproach, self-reproof, self-accusation, self-condemnation, stings of conscience.
Repentant, a.
- 1. Penitent, sorry, sorrowful.
- 2. Penitential.
Repercussion, n. Reverberation, rebound, recoil.
Repercussive, a.
- 1. Rebounding, reverberating.