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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

He added: "It in no way calls for the abrogation of anybody else's rights."

From BBC • Feb. 28, 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

“It would be an abrogation of the process that we set in motion,” said Richard O. Harrell III of South Boston, Va.

From Washington Post • Aug. 17, 2021

Rome has never ceased to protest against them, and to demand their abrogation or modification.

From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Cunningham, Francis A. (Francis Aloysius)




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