abrogation
English
Etymology
First attested in 1535. From Middle French abrogation, from Latin abrogātiō (“repealed”), from abrogo, from ab (“from”) + rogo (“ask, inquire”).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
abrogation (countable and uncountable, plural abrogations)
- The act of abrogating; a repeal by authority; abolition. [First attested in the mid 16th century.][1]
- 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, 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.
Translations
act of abrogating
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References
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abrogation”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.
French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French abrogation, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin abrogātiō (“repealed”), from abrogo, from ab (“from”) + rogo (“ask, inquire”).
Pronunciation
Noun
abrogation f (plural abrogations)
Further reading
- “abrogation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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