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abrogation

[ab-ruh-gey-shuhn] / ˌæb rəˈgeɪ ʃən /


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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

“If the state chooses for a human being who to fall in love with,” he said, “that would be the greatest abrogation of our most basic rights.”

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2023

Mr Samiullah and Mr Rashid started FastBeetle in 2019, just six months before the abrogation of Article 370.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2023

“There is no reason the law should analyze an abrogation of the right to exclude in one manner if it extends for 365 days, but in an entirely different manner if it lasts for 364.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 23, 2021

Even when a custom has been started in bad faith, it may continue through good faith, and so become not a violation, but an abrogation of the law.

From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome




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