abrogation
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I wouldn’t be surprised if Westside residents who lost everything try to recall the mayor for her supposed abrogation of duty.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2025
In December, India's Supreme Court upheld the abrogation of Article 370 - but said the government had promised to restore Jammu-Kashmir's statehood and should do so as soon as possible.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2024
In the new ruling, the judges said that Oklahoma’s 1910 public nuisance law typically referred to an abrogation of a public right like access to roads or clean water or air.
From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2021
So a lot of this has been an abrogation by Congress.
From Slate • Aug. 27, 2020
The act of abolishing; or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as the abolition of laws, decrees, or ordinances, rites, customs, &c.
From The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It by Helper, Hinton Rowan
Vocabulary lists containing abrogation
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