abrogate

[ ab-ruh-geyt ]

/ ˈæb rəˌgeɪt /

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verb (used with object), ab·ro·gat·ed, ab·ro·gat·ing.

to abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act; repeal: to abrogate a law.

to put aside; put an end to.

OTHER WORDS FOR abrogate

1 cancel, revoke, rescind, nullify, void, invalidate.

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OPPOSITES FOR abrogate

1 ratify, establish; preserve.

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Origin of abrogate

1520–30; <Latin abrogātus repealed (past participle of abrogāre). See ab-, rogation, -ate¹

OTHER WORDS FROM abrogate

ab·ro·ga·ble

[ab-ruh-guh-buhl], /ˈæb rə gə bəl/, adjectiveab·ro·ga·tion, nounab·ro·ga·tive, adjectiveab·ro·ga·tor, noun

non·ab·ro·ga·ble, adjectiveun·ab·ro·ga·ble, adjectiveun·ab·ro·gat·ed, adjectiveun·ab·ro·ga·tive, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH abrogate

abrogate , arrogate, derogate

Words nearby abrogate

abridgment, abrin, abristle, abroach, abroad, abrogate, abrogation, abrosexual, abrosia, abrupt, abruption

How to use abrogate in a sentence

She would have abrogated all her values, crossed all the lines established in the previous six books.
Elyse Flayme and the final flood|Robin Sloan|December 23, 2021|MIT Technology Review
He also noted that the US had made nearly 400 treaties with the tribes—“confirmed by the Senate as are treaties with foreign powers”—but that many had been abrogated.
Walker and the “Indian Question”|Simson Garfinkel ’87, PhD ’05|August 24, 2021|MIT Technology Review
“The government cannot just abrogate contracts,” Larry Summers said yesterday.
Give the Bonuses Back—Or Else|Matt Miller|March 16, 2009|DAILY BEAST
It was not necessary to abolish all, but inevitable to abrogate much that was looked upon as obligatory.
My Religion|Leo Tolstoy

Why should the ruling classes seek to abrogate the treaties and defy foreign powers?
Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863|Various
Again interpretative ordinances were called in to abrogate a portion of the law itself.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots|Henry Baird
Why should a close relationship abrogate respectful courtesy?
How to be Happy Though Married|E. J. Hardy.
I know that the moderns being ashamed of it, wish to abrogate it, and to throw it off from themselves upon the early heretics.
Letter To Sir Samuel Shepherd|Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for abrogate

abrogate

/ (ˈæbrəʊˌɡeɪt) /

verb

(tr) to cancel or revoke formally or officially; repeal; annul

Derived forms of abrogate

abrogation, nounabrogator, noun

Word Origin for abrogate

C16: from Latin abrogātus repealed, from ab- 1 + rogāre to propose (a law)

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