Overturn vs. Repeal — What's the Difference?

Overturn is a video game developed by Japanese company Studio Zan for WiiWare. It was released in Japan on December 2, 2008, in North America on August 3, 2009, and in Europe on February 12, 2010, by Gamebridge as Overturn: Mecha Wars.

A repeal (O.F. rapel, modern rappel, from rapeler, rappeler, revoke, re and appeler, appeal) is the removal or reversal of a law. There are two basic types of repeal, a repeal with a re-enactment (or replacement) of the repealed law, or a repeal without any replacement.

To cause to turn over; upset or flip over

Revoke or annul (a law or act of parliament)

To cause to fall over; knock or topple over

The action of revoking or annulling a law or act of parliament

To ransack

To revoke or rescind, especially by the action of a legislature.

To cause the downfall, destruction, or ending of; overthrow or abolish.

(Obsolete) To summon back or recall, especially from exile.

(Law) To invalidate or reverse (a decision) by legal means

The act or process of repealing.

To turn over or capsize

(transitive) To cancel, invalidate, annul.

The act or process of overturning

To recall; to summon (a person) again; to bring (a person) back from exile or banishment.

The state of having been overturned.

To suppress; to repel.

The periodic mixing or circulation of water in a lake or sea as a result of changing temperature of its layers.

An act or instance of repealing.

To turn over, capsize or upset.

To recall; to summon again, as persons.

(transitive) To overthrow or destroy.

To recall, as a deed, will, law, or statute; to revoke; to rescind or abrogate by authority, as by act of the legislature; as, to repeal a law.

To reverse (a decision); to overrule or rescind.

To suppress; to repel.

(transitive) To diminish the significance of a previous defeat by winning; to make a comeback from.

Recall, as from exile.

(intransitive) Of a body of water: to undergo a limnic eruption, where dissolved gas suddenly erupts from the depths.

Revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage.

A turning over or upside-down; inversion.

The act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation

The overturning or overthrow of some institution or state of affairs; ruin.

Annul by recalling or rescinding;

To turn or throw from a basis, foundation, or position; to overset; as, to overturn a carriage or a building.

To subvert; to destroy; to overthrow.

To overpower; to conquer.

The act off overturning, or the state of being overturned or subverted; overthrow; as, an overturn of parties.

The act of upsetting something;

An improbable and unexpected victory;

Turn from an upright or normal position;

Cause to overturn from an upright or normal position;

Rule against;

Cause the downfall of; of rulers;

Annul by recalling or rescinding;

Change radically;