abrogation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the formal repeal, abolition, or annulment of a law, agreement, right, or custom

   The court ruled that the treaty's abrogation required approval from parliament.

From Middle French abrogation and Latin abrogatio, 'repeal of a law,' from abrogare, 'to repeal,' literally 'to propose away' (ab-, 'away,' + rogare, 'to ask or propose a law').

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