abrogation
English edit
Etymology edit
First attested in 1535. From Middle French abrogation, from Latin abrogātiō (“repealed”), from abrogo, from ab (“from”) + rogo (“ask, inquire”).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˌæb.ɹəˈɡeɪ.ʃən/, [ˌæb.ɹəˈɡeɪ.ʃn̩]
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌæb.ɹəˈɡæɪ.ʃən/, [ˌæb.ɹəˈɡæɪ.ʃn̩]
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun edit
abrogation (countable and uncountable, plural abrogations)
- The act of abrogating; a repeal by authority; abolition. [First attested in the mid 16th century.][1]
- 1853, Herman Melville, 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.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
act of abrogating
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References edit
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abrogation”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French abrogation, from Latin abrogātiōnem (“repealed”), from Latin abrogō, from ab (“from”) + rogo (“ask, inquire”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
abrogation f (plural abrogations)
Further reading edit
- “abrogation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.