abrogate

(ăb'rə-gāt')
tr.v., -gat·ed, -gat·ing, -gates.
To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.

[Latin abrogāre, abrogāt- : ab-, away; see ab-¹ + rogāre, to ask.]

abrogation ab'ro·ga'tion n.
abrogative ab'ro·ga'tive adj.
abrogator ab'ro·ga'tor n.

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Abrogate means 'to repel, annul, or cancel' and is used with reference to laws, rules, treaties, and other formal agreements

(The Cabinet clung stubbornly to the belief that the mere signing of the agreement itself abrogated imperial preferential tariffs—D. Aitchison, 1969

He abrogated at once the Penal Code—W. H. Auden, 1969)

; arrogate means 'to lay claim to without justification'

(That sort of writing which has arrogated to itself the epithet 'creative'—D. J. Enright, 1966

The illegal but effective authority which the Assembly of the United Nations seemed now to have arrogated to itself—H. Macmillan, 1971).

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To annul, repeal, or abolish. This action makes a former rule, order, law, or treaty void or inoperative.

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Abolish, withdraw, cancel, retract, revoke, or repeal.


Example: An existing zoning requirement was abrogated by new legislation that altered the existing zoning provisions.

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verb

To put an end to, especially formally and with authority: abolish, annihilate, annul, cancel, invalidate, negate, nullify, set aside, vitiate, void. Law extinguish. See continue/stop/pause.

v

Definition: formally put an end to
Antonyms: approve, establish, fix, institute, legalize, ratify, sanction, support

“to annul, destroy, revoke, or cancel; to put an end to; to do away with; to set aside,” 209 N.E. 2d 172, 174; to make a law void by legislative repeal.

IN BRIEF: v. - Revoke formally.

Tutor's tip: To "abrogate" means to abolish or do away with something, while to "arrogate" means to improperly claim for oneself.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - ophæve, tilbagekalde, annullere

Nederlands (Dutch)
afschaffen

Français (French)
v. tr. - abroger, abolir

Deutsch (German)
v. - abschaffen, aufheben, (jur.) außer Kraft setzen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - καταργώ, ακυρώνω

Italiano (Italian)
abrogare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - ab-rogar (Jur.)

Русский (Russian)
отменять, аннулировать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - abolir, abrogar, anular, eliminar, suprimir

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - avskaffa, upphäva

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
取消, 废除

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 取消, 廢除

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 폐기하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 廃止する, 排除する, 廃棄する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يبطل, يلغي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ביטל, חיסל‬

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