abrogate
verb
[ ˈabrəɡeɪt ]
• repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement).
• "a proposal to abrogate temporarily the right to strike"
Similar:
repudiate,
revoke,
repeal,
rescind,
overturn,
overrule,
override,
do away with,
annul,
cancel,
break off,
invalidate,
nullify,
void,
negate,
dissolve,
countermand,
veto,
declare null and void,
discontinue,
renege on,
go back on,
backtrack on,
reverse,
retract,
remove,
withdraw,
abolish,
put an end to,
get rid of,
suspend,
end,
stop,
quash,
scrap,
disaffirm,
avoid,
vacate,
vitiate,
axe,
ditch,
dump,
chop,
give something the chop,
knock something on the head,
deracinate,
• evade (a responsibility or duty).
• "we believe the board is abrogating its responsibilities to its shareholders"
Origin:
early 16th century: from Latin abrogat- ‘repealed’, from the verb abrogare, from ab- ‘away, from’ + rogare ‘propose a law’.
