abrogation
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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
In December, India's Supreme Court upheld the abrogation of Article 370 - but said the government had promised to restore Jammu-Kashmir's statehood and should do so as soon as possible.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2024
“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
“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
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
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