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Princeton's WordNet

  1. abrogation, repeal, annulmentnoun

    the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation

Wiktionary

  1. abrogationnoun

    The act of abrogating; a repeal by authority.

  2. Etymology: * First attested in 1535.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Abrogationnoun

    The act of abrogating; the repeal of a law.

    Etymology: abrogatio, Lat.

    The commissioners from the confederate Roman catholics, demanded the abrogation and repeal of all those laws, which were in force against the exercise of the Roman religion. Edward Hyde, b. viii.

ChatGPT

  1. abrogation

    Abrogation is the formal act of repealing, cancelling, abolishing, or annulling a law, rule, agreement, or contract through an authoritative action. It refers to the complete termination or withdrawal of such formal arrangement, typically in a legal or official context.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Abrogationnoun

    the act of abrogating; repeal by authority

  2. Etymology: [L. abrogatio, fr. abrogare: cf. F. abrogation.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of abrogation in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of abrogation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of abrogation in a Sentence

  1. Daniel Russel:

    This is what America First gets us - everyone for themselves in lieu of a collaborative network of partners, at a time when North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile arsenals are rapidly expanding, the abrogation of GSOMIA directly harms U.S. national security.

  2. Daniel Russel:

    At a time when North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile arsenals are rapidly expanding, the abrogation of GSOMIA directly harms U.S. national security, and at a time when China's assertiveness and new capabilities represent an unprecedented challenge, the disintegration of the U.S.-led alliance system is a disaster.

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