abrogation

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 From Middle French abrogation, from Latin abrogātiō (“repealed”), from abrogo, from ab (“from”) + rogo (“ask, inquire”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌæb.ɹəˈɡeɪ.ʃn̩/

  Rhymes: -eɪʃən

abrogation (countable and uncountable, plural abrogations)

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

From Middle French abrogation, from Latin abrogātiō (“repealed”), from abrogo, from ab (“from”) + rogo (“ask, inquire”).

• IPA^(key): /a.bʁɔ.ɡa.sjɔ̃/

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abrogation f (plural abrogations)

1. abrogation

• “abrogation” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).