abrogation
English
Etymology
First attested in 1535. From Middle FrenchCategory:English terms borrowed from Middle French#ABROGATIONCategory:English terms derived from Middle French#ABROGATION abrogation, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#ABROGATION abrogātiō (“repealed”), from abrogo, from ab (“from”) + rogo (“ask, inquire”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˌæb.ɹəˈɡeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/Category:English 4-syllable words#ABROGATIONCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ABROGATION
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌæb.ɹəˈɡæɪ.ʃ(ə)n/Category:English 4-syllable words#ABROGATIONCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ABROGATION
- Rhymes: -eɪʃənCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪʃən#ABROGATIONCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪʃən/4 syllables#ABROGATION
- Hyphenation: ab‧ro‧ga‧tion
Noun
abrogation (countable and uncountable, plural abrogations)Category:English lemmas#ABROGATIONCategory:English nouns#ABROGATIONCategory:English uncountable nouns#ABROGATIONCategory:English countable nouns#ABROGATIONCategory:English countable nouns#ABROGATIONCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ABROGATIONCategory:Pages with entries#ABROGATIONCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ABROGATION
- The act of abrogating.
- A repeal by authority; abolition. [First attested in the mid 16th century.][1]
- Synonyms: annulment, devalidation, nullification; see also Thesaurus:invalidation
- 1853, Herman Melville, Bartleby, the Scrivener, quoted in Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories, New York: Penguin Books, published 1968; reprint 1995 as Bartleby, →ISBN, 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.Category:English terms with quotations#ABROGATION
- (molecular biologyCategory:en:Molecular biology#ABROGATION) The blocking of a molecular process or function.
- A repeal by authority; abolition. [First attested in the mid 16th century.][1]
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References
- ↑ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abrogation”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle FrenchCategory:French terms inherited from Middle French#ABROGATIONCategory:French terms derived from Middle French#ABROGATION abrogation, from LatinCategory:French terms derived from Latin#ABROGATION abrogātiōnem (“repealed”), from LatinCategory:French terms derived from Latin#ABROGATION abrogō, from ab (“from”) + rogo (“ask, inquire”).
Pronunciation
Noun
abrogation f (plural abrogations)Category:French lemmas#ABROGATIONCategory:French nouns#ABROGATIONCategory:French countable nouns#ABROGATIONCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#ABROGATIONCategory:French feminine nouns#ABROGATIONCategory:Pages with entries#ABROGATIONCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ABROGATION
Further reading
- “abrogation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012