abrogation
/ˌæb.ɹəˈɡeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/
abrogation means the act of abrogating.; A repeal by authority; abolition. It carries an Arena rating of 1421, earned across 6 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, abrogation ranks #1,877 of 17,126 for Most Satisfying to Say, #2,345 of 17,138 for Most Incisive Words, #2,574 of 17,127 for Words That Escaped Their Books, #2,760 of 17,134 for Most Malleable Words.
abrogation is pronounced /ˌæb.ɹəˈɡeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/.
Why “abrogation” is a great word
The formal repeal or abolition of a law, right, or agreement by an authoritative power. From the Latin abrogātiō ("repeal"), from abrogāre ("to repeal"), from ab- ("away, from") + rogāre ("to ask, propose a law"). First attested in English in 1535. Unlike annulment, which declares a thing void from its beginning, or revocation, which cancels a specific privilege, abrogation is the solemn, public dismantling of an established edifice of rules. It is the weight of a wax seal pressed upon the parchment of repeal, the sovereign’s pen striking through a treaty, the hollow silence where a foundational statute once hummed—a reminder that the structures we inhabit are sustained only by a continuous, fragile consensus.
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 From Middle French abrogation, from Latin abrogātiō (“repealed”), from abrogo, from ab (“from”) + rogo (“ask, inquire”).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.
noun
- The act of abrogating.; A repeal by authority; abolition.
- The act of abrogating.; The blocking of a molecular process or function.
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