Abrogate

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: ab=ro=gate

CIDE DICTIONARY

Abrogate, a. [L. abrogatus, p. p.].

 Abrogated; abolished.  Latimer.  [1913 Webster]

Abrogate, v. t. [L. abrogatus, p. p. of abrogare; ab + rogare to ask, require, propose. See Rogation.].

•  To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or his successor; to repeal; -- applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc.  [1913 Webster]

  "Let us see whether the New Testament abrogates what we so frequently see in the Old."  [1913 Webster]

  "Whose laws, like those of the Medes and Persian, they can not alter or abrogate."  [1913 Webster]
•  To put an end to; to do away with.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- To abolish; annul; do away; set aside; revoke; repeal; cancel; annihilate. See Abolish.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Abrogate, v.tr. repeal, annul, abolish (a law or custom).

Derivative

abrogation n. abrogator n.

Etymology

L abrogare (as AB-, rogare propose a law)

THESAURUS

Abrogate

abate, abolish, annihilate, annul, blot out, bring to naught, cancel, countermand, counterorder, disannul, discharge, dissolve, do away with, extinguish, invalidate, make void, negate, negative, nullify, obliterate, override, overrule, quash, recall, recant, renege, repeal, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, ruin, set aside, suspend, undo, vacate, vitiate, void, waive, withdraw, wreck, write off

ROGET THESAURUS

Abrogate

Inexistence

VB not exist, have no existence, be null and void, cease to exist, pass away, perish, be extinct, become extinct, die out, disappear, melt away, dissolve, leave not a rack behind, go, be no more, die, annihilate, render null, nullify, abrogate, destroy, take away, remove, obliterate, extirpate.

Abrogation

VB abrogate, annul, cancel, destroy, abolish, revoke, repeal, rescind, reverse, retract, recall, abolitionize, overrule, override, set aside, disannul, dissolve, quash, nullify, declare null and void, disestablish, disendow, deconsecrate, disclaim, ignore, repudiate, recant, divest oneself, break off, countermand, counter order, do away with, sweep away, brush away, throw overboard, throw to the dogs, scatter to the winds, cast behind, dismiss, discard, cast off, turn off, cast out, cast adrift, cast out of doors, cast aside, cast away, send off, send away, send packing, send about one's business, discharge, get rid of, bounce, fire, fire out, sack, cashier, break, oust, unseat, unsaddle, unthrone, dethrone, disenthrone, depose, uncrown, unfrock, strike off the roll, disbar, disbench, be abrogated, receive its quietus, walk the plank.

Resignation

VB resign, give up, throw up, lay down, throw up the cards, wash one's hands of, abjure, renounce, forego, disclaim, retract, deny, abrogate, desert, get rid of, abdicate, vacate, vacate one's seat, accept the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds, retire, tender one's resignation.