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- pronunciation:
- ae
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- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
abrogates, abrogating, abrogated |
| definition 1: |
to abolish, repeal, or nullify by authority.
In 1877, Congress abrogated the Treaty of Fort Laramie.- synonyms:
- abolish, annul, cancel, invalidate, nullify, repeal, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, undo, vitiate, void
- antonyms:
- establish, fix, institute, introduce
- similar words:
- annihilate, countermand, end, negate, nol-pros, override, overrule, recant, suspend, terminate, veto
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| definition 2: |
to do away with; set aside.
Do the demands of politics force politicians to abrogate their ethical standards?The new traffic pattern improves things but does not abrogate the need for road expansion.- synonyms:
- cancel, supersede, undo
- antonyms:
- reinforce
- similar words:
- abolish, annihilate, annul, destroy, end, obliterate, override, subvert, wipe out
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| related words: |
abjure, annul, cancel, dissolve, invalidate, quash, vitiate, void, withdraw |
adverb + (v.)abrogate
completely, easily, effectively, either, formally, least, radically, severely, simply, temporarily, thereby, thus, unilaterally, validly
(v.)abrogate
+ noun
act,
action,
administration,
agency,
agreement,
alliance,
artist,
bill,
choice,
clause,
commitment,
congress,
constitution,
contract,
cooperation,
covenant,
crisis,
death,
decision,
defendant,
defense,
district,
effort,
freedom,
government,
immunity,
law,
legislation,
legislature,
liberty,
matter,
missile,
need,
notion,
pact,
passage,
peace,
policy,
power,
pressure,
principle,
process,
property,
protection,
provision,
rationale,
relation,
religion,
reservation,
responsibility,
right,
role,
science,
security,
sense,
state,
sunna,
sword,
treaty,
verse,
will
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| derivations: |
abrogable (adj.), abrogative (adj.), abrogation (n.), abrogator (n.) |
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