English

Noun

abrogation ‎(plural abrogations)

1. The act of abrogating; a repeal by authority; abolition. [First attested in the mid 16^th century.]^[1]
   • 1853, Herman Melville, Herman, Bartleby, the Scrivener, quoted in Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories, New York: Penguin Books, published 1968; reprint 1995 as Bartleby, ISBN 0 14 60.0012 9, page 2:

     […] 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.

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References

1. ↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 8

French

Etymology

From Middle French abrogation, from Latin abrogātiō ‎(“repealed”), from abrogo, from ab ‎(“from”) + rogo ‎(“ask, inquire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bʁɔ.ɡa.sjɔ̃/

Noun

abrogation f ‎(plural abrogations)

1. abrogation