abrogate
Americanverb
Other Word Forms
- abrogable adjective
- abrogation noun
- abrogative adjective
- abrogator noun
- nonabrogable adjective
- unabrogable adjective
- unabrogated adjective
- unabrogative adjective
Etymology
Origin of abrogate
1520–30; < Latin abrogātus repealed (past participle of abrogāre ). See ab-, rogation, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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Did the attorney general really abrogate his duty to supervise Mr. Smith’s work?
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
While there was pressure to abrogate the Indus Waters Treaty - a key river water sharing agreement - India opted instead to withhold any data beyond treaty obligations, Mr Bisaria writes.
From BBC • May 2, 2025
She declined to cite Windsor, Obergefell, or any other Supreme Court decisions that supersede and abrogate Lofton.
From Slate • Aug. 22, 2023
Duterte took steps, which he later withdrew, to abrogate a key security agreement with the U.S. that allowed large numbers of American forces to enter the Philippines for combat exercises.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 29, 2023
The dreaded quarantine looked down on us, as if to notify that its rights were paramount, and assuredly it was not disposed to abrogate them in our favour.
From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Hell, Xavier Hommaire de
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