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There is a moral obligation to having a pet and these guys have abrogated it.

From Slate • Mar. 3, 2014

Though they made no direct comments about the content of discussions with Clinton, critics charge they have abrogated the preacher-penitent privilege, a bond so sacred it can't be broken even by a subpoena.

From Time Magazine Archive

A change of opinions and of social arrangements has long been operating, which ought entirely to have abrogated these evils.

From The Young Lady's Mentor A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends by Lady, An English

If the British people finally obtain it under those leaders they may fairly claim to have abrogated the law of cause and effect.

From England and Germany by Hughes, William Morris

The invasion of Portugal by Spain in the last war, and the partition of Poland, have abrogated the law Of nations.

From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Walpole, Horace