abrogation
/ˌæbɹəˈɡeɪʃən/a-bruh-GAY-shuhn
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˌæbɹəˈɡeɪʃən/a-bruh-GAY-shuhn
Meaningthe act of abrogating
Common meaning: the cancelling of a law or agreement
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- abaway, off
- rogto askLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1598 · scan
- atverb or adjective ending: to make, having
- ionnoun ending: act or result
‘away, off’ + ‘to ask’ → abrogation
Journey through time
- Latinrogō, rogāvī‘to ask’
- Englishabrogate‘to cancel a law or agreement’
- Englishformed in English from abrogateabrogation‘the cancelling of a law or agreement’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from abrogate + -ion.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), ABROGATE, p.5 · scan
Roots
- rogō, rogāvī Latin “to ask”
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