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abrogator

abrogator

9.9
A person who cancels laws or rules
  • noun
  • /ˈæbrəˌɡeɪtər/
  • Formal
translation icon : abrogador
  • The council appointed an abrogator to review and eliminate unnecessary laws from the books.

Examples

  • As the abrogator, she had the power to annul the previous policies that were no longer effective.

  • The abrogator decided to repeal outdated regulations to make the law more efficient.

  • 1) Surahs that were not influenced by applications of the doctrine of the Abrogator and the Abrogated.

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  • 2) Surahs that maintained the authority of the Abrogator, but their original wording was not abrogated or nullified.

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Synonyms

abolisher
vsabrogator
7.4

A person or thing that ends laws, customs and systems

is an authority who legally abolishes or repeals laws and regulations
nullifier
vsabrogator
9.0

A person who cancels legal or official documents

is an authority who cancels laws and regulations rather than documents
reverser
vsabrogator
  • Jargon
7.0

A person or group that cancels a previous decision

is an authority who abolishes laws and regulations rather than merely overturning rulings

Antonyms

enactor
  • Formal
7.3

A person or group that puts laws and policies into action

How Powerful

sovereign
33 6.8
minister
  • UK
862 3.0
abrogator
  • Formal
9.9
judge
∞ 2.7
magistrate
63 7.2
clerk
273 2.5

Surface Forms

abrogator singular
abrogators plural

Morphology

abrogator = abrogate (transparent) = abrogate + or

Agentive '-or' is a regular, productive suffix added to the verb 'abrogate' to form 'one who abrogates', so the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

The word abrogator comes from Latin parts ab- ('away') and rogare ('to ask'), and you can see rogare in interrogate ('to ask questions'). So an abrogator is an official who asks that a law be taken away — in other words, someone who cancels or repeals laws.