Abrogation
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The act of abrogating.; A repeal by authority; abolition. countable, uncountable
"[…] I consider the sudden and violent abrogation of the office of Master in Chancery, by the new Constitution, as a __ premature act; inasmuch as I had counted on a life-lease of the profits, whereas I only received those of a few short years."
- 2 the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation wordnet
- 3 The act of abrogating.; The blocking of a molecular process or function. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"[…] I consider the sudden and violent abrogation of the office of Master in Chancery, by the new Constitution, as a __ premature act; inasmuch as I had counted on a life-lease of the profits, whereas I only received those of a few short years."
Etymology
First attested in 1535. From Middle French abrogation, from Latin abrogātiō (“repealed”), from abrogo, from ab (“from”) + rogo (“ask, inquire”).
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