Abrogation

//ˌæb.ɹəˈɡæɪ.ʃən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of abrogating.; The blocking of a molecular process or function. countable, uncountable

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 From Middle French abrogation, from Latin abrogātiō (“repealed”), from abrogo, from ab (“from”) + rogo (“ask, inquire”).

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