abrogate

Example Sentences

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Did the attorney general really abrogate his duty to supervise Mr. Smith’s work?

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

While there was pressure to abrogate the Indus Waters Treaty - a key river water sharing agreement - India opted instead to withhold any data beyond treaty obligations, Mr Bisaria writes.

From BBC • May 2, 2025

Duterte took steps, which he later withdrew, to abrogate a key security agreement with the U.S. that allowed large numbers of American forces to enter the Philippines for combat exercises.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 29, 2023

“Wheatley’s acceptable rating this year does not abrogate my prior legal requirement to intervene based on the seven consecutive unacceptable ratings.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2023

Under this condition, however, society is fully entitled to abrogate or alter any particular right of property which on sufficient consideration it judges to stand in the way of the public good.

From Socialism by Mill, John Stuart