[responsivevoice]abrogate[responsivevoice] [ ab-ruh-geyt ]
The word of the day is ‘abrogate’.
The word is a verb, i.e., it demonstrates an action or an occurrence.
Yes, the past form of the word is abrogated.
It means:
1. Formally put an end to
2. Repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement)
3. Abolish
4. Withdraw
1. No one can invalidate his sentence; he can abrogate those of all others.
2. You were, as I have hinted, the first to abrogate its use in my favour.
3. As not having imposed, she cannot abrogate, suspend, or modify them.
4. They make no laws, they consent to none, they abrogate none.
5. Yet it does not appear that any legislator attempted to abrogate servitude.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
abolish, annul, invalidate, nullify, quash, renege, repeal, revoke, undo, abate, cancel, dissolve, end, negate, nix, reject, retract, scrub, torpedo, vacate, vitiate, void, finish off, knock out, repudiate, rescind, overturn, overrule, override, do away with, break off, countermand, veto, discontinue, backtrack on, reverse, retract, remove, withdraw, get rid of, suspend, end, stop, scrap, disaffirm, dump, knock something on the head, deracinate etc.
approve, enact, pass, permit, sanction, support, validate, allow, schedule, set up, establish, fix, institute, legalize, ratify
Quotation:
You know, it’s ironic to me that Christians want to keep the Ten Commandments in our schools because Christianity has abrogated four of the Ten Commandments. For example, the Sabbath day according to the Ten Commandments is Saturday, not Sunday. And the reason is that God rested, not because Jesus was resurrected. Alan Dershowitz
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