ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsAabrogate
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abrogate
Meaning: to formally cancel or abolish a rule, law, or agreement
abrogate in a sentence
How abrogate is used in real sentences:
The council voted to abrogate the outdated curfew.
The new charter would abrogate several rules written a century earlier.
“The agency could abrogate its procurement agreement after missed deliveries, but switching sources might alter transformation temperatures by several degrees.”
— from the passage The Returning Hinge
“A later ruling had abrogated the narrow procedural rule that once prevented judges from considering such suppressed drafts after conviction.”
— from the passage The Weight of Fifteen Years
“Meanwhile, Seldo threatened to abrogate the treaty unless Lydon withdrew its complaint.”
— from the passage The Varen Customs Crisis
Synonyms for abrogate
Other words for abrogate — repeal, annul and revoke — carry the same meaning.
- repeal
- annul
- revoke
Antonyms of abrogate
Words that mean the opposite of abrogate:
- enact
- uphold
- ratify
Where it comes from
From Latin abrogare, meaning 'to repeal a law.'
Word parts
- ab — away from, off of
abrogate: ab- (away) + rogate (propose a law) - rog — ask, request
abrogate: ab- (away) + rog (propose a law) + -ate (make) - -ate — Makes verbs meaning to make or perform, or adjectives and nouns describing a state or role.
abrogate: ab- (away) + rog (propose a law) + -ate (perform)
Memory hook
ABROGATE sounds like 'a broken gate': when a rule is broken apart, officials abrogate it.