Definition of "abrogate" []

• To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority. (verb-transitive)

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• "At the current Moscow summit, the word abrogate is used by the Clinton briefers only to say what they would not do and what the Republicans might do."
• ""abrogate" the peace treaty which the Hashemite Kingdom concluded with Israel in 1994."
• "He told police he was angered by Mr. Taseer's efforts to abrogate the country's strict blasphemy laws."