abrogation
Example Sentences
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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
So a lot of this has been an abrogation by Congress.
From Slate • Aug. 27, 2020
It is contrary to presbyterian principles, to justify the abrogation of the national covenant, in giving thanks for a liberty whereby all the laws are cassed and disabled therein confirmed.
From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Shields, Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing abrogation
The Crucible
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Bartleby the Scrivener
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