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ABROGATION

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Dictionary entry overview: What does abrogation mean?

• ABROGATION (noun)
The noun ABROGATION has 1 sense:

1. the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation

Familiarity information: ABROGATION used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ABROGATION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

abrogation; repeal; annulment

Hypernyms ("abrogation" is a kind of...):

cancellation (the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "abrogation"):

derogation ((law) the partial taking away of the effectiveness of a law; a partial repeal or abolition of a law)

vacation (the act of making something legally void)

recall (the act of removing an official by petition)

revocation (the act (by someone having the authority) of annulling something previously done)

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ABROGATION: related words searches

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