abrogation

English

Etymology

First attested in 1535. From Middle French abrogation, from Latin abrogātiō (“repealed”), from abrogo, from ab (“from”) + rogo (“ask, inquire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌæb.ɹəˈɡeɪ.ʃn̩/

  Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

abrogation (countable and uncountable, plural abrogations)

1. The act of abrogating; a repeal by authority; abolition. [First attested in the mid 16^th century.]
   • 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

• Basque: indargabetze
• Catalan: abrogació f
• Dutch: afschaffing (nl) m, intrekking (nl) m, opheffing (nl) m, ongeldigverklaring m
• Galician: abrogación (gl) f
• German: Abschaffung (de) f, Aufhebung (de) f, Abolition (de) f, Niederschlagung (de) f, Abrogation (de) f (law), Zurücknahme f, Kündigung (de) f, Annullierung f, Annullieren n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: ακύρωση (el) f (akýrosi), κατάργηση (el) f (katárgisi)

  Ancient: ἀθέτησις f (athétēsis)

• Interlingue:
• Irish: aisghairm f
• Portuguese: ab-rogação (pt) f
• Spanish: abrogación (es) f

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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(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French abrogation, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin abrogātiō (“repealed”), from abrogo, from ab (“from”) + rogo (“ask, inquire”).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

• IPA^(key): /a.bʁɔ.ɡa.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

abrogation f (plural abrogations)

1. abrogation

Further reading

• “abrogation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.