abrogator

ab·ro·gate

 (ăb′rə-gāt′)

tr.v. ab·ro·gat·ed, ab·ro·gat·ing, ab·ro·gates

To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority: "Our existing Aboriginal and treaty rights were now part of the supreme law of the land, and could not be abrogated or denied by any government" (Matthew Coon Come).

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[Latin abrogāre, abrogāt- : ab-, away; see ab-¹ + rogāre, to ask; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

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ab′ro·ga′tion n.

ab′ro·ga′tive adj.

ab′ro·ga′tor n.

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Noun

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abrogator - an authority or official empowered to abolish or annul or repeal authority - (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others; "the authorities have issued a curfew"

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