abrogation
nounUK, US /ˌæb.ɹəˈɡeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/ · AU /ˌæb.ɹəˈɡæɪ.ʃ(ə)n/
Etymology First attested in 1535. From Middle French abrogation, from Latin abrogātiō (“repealed”), from abrogo, from ab (“from”) + rogo (“ask, inquire”). By surface analysis, ab- + Latin rog- + -ate + -ion.
› The act of abrogating.
1
A repeal by authority; abolition.
- […] 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.1853, Herman Melville, “Bartleby, the Scrivener”, in The Piazza Tales, New York: Dix, Edwards & Co, published 1856:
2
The blocking of a molecular process or function.
Molecular biology
- Derived terms
- abrogationism, abrogationist