verb
abrogate
AB-ruh-gayt/ˈæbrəɡeɪt/
To officially end a law, agreement, or established practice.
The official abrogates the agreement by marking its document with a red X.
Etymology
Here the verb for asking also meant proposing a law. Combined with “away,” it formed a legal verb meaning to repeal—a formal cancellation, rather than simply ignoring a rule or agreement.
In context
the political system that protects the powerful no capitalism is a system of profit and loss profits encourage risk-taking losses encourage proves that prudence that's the system now we abrogate that for the counter crony capitalist system
More examples
- The government abrogated the treaty after repeated violations.
- Neither party can simply abrogate its contractual obligations.
- The proposal would abrogate a long-established legal protection.
Forms
abrogate · abrogates · abrogated · abrogating