abrogation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First attested in 1535. From Middle French abrogation, from Latin abrogātiō (“repealed”), from abrogo, from ab (“from”) + rogo (“ask, inquire”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
abrogation (countable and uncountable, plural abrogations)
- The act of abrogating; a repeal by authority; abolition. [First attested in the mid 16th century.][1]
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1853, Herman Melville, Herman, Bartleby, the Scrivener, quoted in Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories, New York: Penguin Books, published 1968; reprint 1995 as Bartleby, ISBN 9780553212747, page 2:
- […] I consider the sudden and violent abrogation of the office of Master in Chancery, by the new Constitution, as a __ premature act; inasmuch as I had counted on a life-lease of the profits, whereas I only received those of a few short years.
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Translations[edit]
act of abrogating
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References[edit]
- ^ “abrogation” in Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-19-860457-0, page 8.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French abrogation, from Latin abrogātiō (“repealed”), from abrogo, from ab (“from”) + rogo (“ask, inquire”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
abrogation f (plural abrogations)
Further reading[edit]
- “abrogation” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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