abrogation

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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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

abrogation - the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation repeal, annulment cancellation - the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement vacation - the act of making something legally void recall - the act of removing an official by petition revocation - the act (by someone having the authority) of annulling something previously done; "the revocation of a law"

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abrogation

noun revocation, ending, withdrawal, scrapping (informal), setting aside, overriding, voiding, abolition, reversal, repeal, cancellation, quashing, retraction, repudiation, annulment, countermanding, nullification, rescission, invalidation a dereliction of duty and an abrogation of responsibility

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abrogation

noun

An often formal act of putting an end to:

abolishment, abolition, annihilation, annulment, cancellation, defeasance, invalidation, negation, nullification, voidance.

Law: avoidance, extinguishment.

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Translations

Kassation

abrogación

abolitionabrogationannulation

abolizioneabrogazionedisdetta

аброгация

abrogation

[ˌæbrəʊˈgeɪʃən] N (frm) → abrogación f

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abrogation

[ˌæbrəˈgeɪʃ^ən] n [treaty, agreement] → abrogation f

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abrogation

n (of law, treaty) → Außerkraftsetzung f, → Ungültigkeitserklärung f; (of responsibility) → Ablehnung f

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