abrogation
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8.9
- noun
- /ˌæbrəˈɡeɪʃən/
- Formal
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abrogación
- The treaty's abrogation meant that both countries would need to negotiate new terms.
- abrogation of the treaty
- abrogation of this right
- issue of abrogation
Well, then you come up with a mechanism called abrogation.
- Well, then you come up with a mechanism called abrogation.
Examples
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Secularism is thus associated with dictatorship, the violation of human rights, and the abrogation of civil liberties.
Academic text (2005) -
To favor a world-rejecting hostility would be an abrogation of the Church's mission to the world.
Academic text (2006) -
But that is the only abrogation so far.
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But, but we know that that may require a really unacceptable abrogation of property rights.
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But we also need to reckon with the abrogation of that project.
Academic text (1995) -
Not opposing them at this point seems like an abrogation of my civic duties.
Blog text (28) -
Where in science is the abrogation of scientific honesty so easily translatable into public policy?
Academic text (1994) -
I discovered that the more astute among them did not call for treaty abrogation.
Academic text (1991) -
Some analysts believe that the sale amounts to "the abrogation" of the U.S.-PRC Joint Communique of 17 August 1982.
Academic text (1995) -
Chirac: Yes, as you know, Mr. President, we are strongly and forcefully against any abrogation of the ABM treaty.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
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1.9
Stopping something planned so it no longer happens
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5.5
An official ending of a law or rule
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6.5
The legal ending of a marriage or agreement so it is as if it never existed
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4.2
The official ending of a system or practice, often by law
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7.3
An official decision to cancel something given or allowed before
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8.6
Making a law, decision, or agreement have no legal effect
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8.7
Saying you do not accept something, for example an accusation or agreement
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9.9
Cancel a contract and return both sides to how they were before
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5.5
Ending a system by law or official action
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7.3
Official ending that makes a legal document or decision no longer accepted by law
The act of making a legal agreement not valid
The official removal of something like a law or rule
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Etymology
Abrogation comes from Latin parts ab- 'away' and rogare 'to ask', the same root you see in interrogate, which means 'to ask'. A helpful image is 'asking away'—people once made a formal request to remove a rule, so abrogation means the official canceling of a law or agreement.