Abrogate
verb
To officially end or cancel something, especially a law or agreement.
The government decided to abrogate the treaty.
Often appears as...
- abrogate a law
- abrogate an agreement
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Formal
verb
To avoid doing or answering something directly.
He tried to abrogate his responsibilities as a father.
Often appears as...
- abrogate responsibility
- abrogate duties
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Formal
Legal
verb
To officially end or cancel something, especially a law or agreement.
The government decided to abrogate the treaty.
Often appears as...
- abrogate a law
- abrogate an agreement
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To avoid doing or answering something directly.
He tried to abrogate his responsibilities as a father.
Often appears as...
- abrogate responsibility
- abrogate duties
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
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Pro Tip 1/3Government Action
Often used in contexts where official authorities cancel laws or agreements.
The council moved to abrogate outdated regulations.
Pro Tip 2/3Final Decision
Implies that the abrogation is usually irreversible and final.
Once the decision was made to abrogate the policy, there was no turning back.
Pro Tip 3/3Strong Authority
Indicates a powerful entity is needed to abrogate rules or laws, like a government.
Only parliament has the power to abrogate these statutes.
Pro Tip 1/3Government Action
Often used in contexts where official authorities cancel laws or agreements.
The council moved to abrogate outdated regulations.
Pro Tip 2/3Final Decision
Implies that the abrogation is usually irreversible and final.
Once the decision was made to abrogate the policy, there was no turning back.
Pro Tip 3/3Strong Authority
Indicates a powerful entity is needed to abrogate rules or laws, like a government.
Only parliament has the power to abrogate these statutes.
Pro Tip 1/3Government Action
Often used in contexts where official authorities cancel laws or agreements.
The council moved to abrogate outdated regulations.
Pro Tip 2/3Final Decision
Implies that the abrogation is usually irreversible and final.
Once the decision was made to abrogate the policy, there was no turning back.
Pro Tip 3/3Strong Authority
Indicates a powerful entity is needed to abrogate rules or laws, like a government.
Only parliament has the power to abrogate these statutes.
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Why I love a country...
not only to get their families out from behind those barbed-wire fences, but because they cherished the very ideal of what our government stands for, should stand for, and that was being abrogated
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Why I love a country...
not only to get their families out from behind those barbed-wire fences, but because they cherished the very ideal of what our government stands for, should stand for, and that was being abrogated
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Quote examples
Alan Dershowitz
American Lawyer
You know, it's ironic to me that Christians want to keep the Ten Commandments in our schools, because Christianity has abrogated four of the Ten Commandments. For example, the Sabbath day according to the Ten Commandments is Saturday, not Sunday. And the reason is because God rested, not because Jesus was resurrected.
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Joseph Stiglitz
American Economist
For Obama, the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement - unilaterally abrogated by Trump - was part of the 'pivot to Asia,' a re-assertion of the role of America in that part of the world.
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Max Liebermann
German Artist
Like a horrible nightmare, the abrogation of equal rights weighs upon us all, but especially upon those Jews who, like me, had surrendered themselves to the dream of assimilation.
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Ed Davey
British Politician
Just as Donald Trump is abrogating America's responsibility to lead the fight against climate change, Theresa May is evading Britain's role.
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Ambrose Bierce
American Journalist
Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.
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Harlan Ellison
American Writer
We've got technological wonders around us, and we've used them to abrogate all responsibility for everything in our lives.
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Algernon Sidney
English Politician
God leaves to Man the choice of Forms in Government; and those who constitute one Form, may abrogate it.
Quote examples
Alan Dershowitz
American Lawyer
You know, it's ironic to me that Christians want to keep the Ten Commandments in our schools, because Christianity has abrogated four of the Ten Commandments. For example, the Sabbath day according to the Ten Commandments is Saturday, not Sunday. And the reason is because God rested, not because Jesus was resurrected.
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Joseph Stiglitz
American Economist
For Obama, the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement - unilaterally abrogated by Trump - was part of the 'pivot to Asia,' a re-assertion of the role of America in that part of the world.
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Max Liebermann
German Artist
Like a horrible nightmare, the abrogation of equal rights weighs upon us all, but especially upon those Jews who, like me, had surrendered themselves to the dream of assimilation.
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Ed Davey
British Politician
Just as Donald Trump is abrogating America's responsibility to lead the fight against climate change, Theresa May is evading Britain's role.
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Ambrose Bierce
American Journalist
Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.
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Harlan Ellison
American Writer
We've got technological wonders around us, and we've used them to abrogate all responsibility for everything in our lives.
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Algernon Sidney
English Politician
God leaves to Man the choice of Forms in Government; and those who constitute one Form, may abrogate it.
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