abjudicate means to reject by judicial sentence. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
Why this word is great
ABJUDICATE — [Verb] To reject or deprive by judicial sentence. From Latin abiūdicātus, past participle of abiūdicō ("deprive by judgment"), from ab ("away from") + iūdicō ("judge"). Unlike "adjudicate" (which settles a dispute) or "abjure" (which renounces without judicial weight), "abjudicate" is the cold, formal severance of rights by decree. It is the judge’s gavel striking down a claim, the foreclosure notice nailed to a weathered door, or the quiet moment when a prisoner’s appeal is stamped DENIED—the law’s unfeeling machinery grinding forward, indifferent to the human wreckage left in its wake.
verb
- To reject by judicial sentence.
- To abjudge.