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abrogate
to formally cancel or abolish a rule, law, or agreement
Synonyms
- repeal
- annul
- revoke
Antonyms
- enact
- uphold
- ratify
abrogate in a sentence
The council voted to abrogate the outdated curfew.
The new charter would abrogate several rules written a century earlier.
Where it comes from
From Latin abrogare, meaning 'to repeal a law.'
Memory hook
ABROGATE sounds like 'a broken gate': when a rule is broken apart, officials abrogate it.
Word parts
- ab — away from, off of
abrogate: ab- (away) + rogate (propose a law)
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