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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

So a lot of this has been an abrogation by Congress.

From Slate • Aug. 27, 2020

"No," says the Bahai, "the destroying is figurative, and means simply the abrogation of their authority."

From Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha by Wilson, Samuel Graham




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