abrogate (redirected from abrogated)

ab·ro·gate  (br-gt)

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

To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.

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[Latin abrogre, abrogt- : ab-, away; see ab-¹ + rogre, to ask; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

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abro·gation n.

abro·gative adj.

abro·gator n.

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abrogate

Verb

[-gating, -gated] to cancel (a law or an agreement) formally [from Latin ab- away + rogare to propose a law]

abrogation n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

abrogate - revoke formally abolish, get rid of - do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"