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Antonyms for abrogating

Grammar : Verb
Spell : ab-ruh-geyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæb rəˌgeɪt

Definition of abrogating

Origin :
  • 1520s, from Latin abrogatus, past participle of abrogare "to annul, repeal (a law)," from ab- "away" (see ab-) + rogare "propose a law, request" (see rogation). Form abrogen, from Old French abroger, is recorded from early 15c. Related: Abrogated; abrogating.
  • verb formally put an end to
Example sentences :
  • Love, not abrogating the law would have served as its fulfilment.
  • Extract from : « Browning and Dogma » by Ethel M. Naish
  • Is this not dethroning God, and abrogating His immutable law?
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel » by W. G. Blaikie
  • So far from abrogating, the Gospel exalts and honours the law.
  • Extract from : « The National Preacher, Vol. 2 No. 7 Dec. 1827 » by Aaron W. Leland and Elihu W. Baldwin
  • But in abrogating all other masses they have done what the Christian profession does not allow.
  • Extract from : « The Confutatio Pontificia » by Anonymous
  • Again, no verse of the Qurn, or a Tradition can be abrogated unless the abrogating verse is distinctly opposed to it in meaning.
  • Extract from : « The Faith of Islam » by Edward Sell
  • If we cannot afford to be just, let us economize by abrogating the office of commissioner or ambassador to Peking.
  • Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 » by Various
  • In this country, on the other hand, we confine the hereditament to property, abrogating it in the case of rank and power.
  • Extract from : « Charles I » by Jacob Abbott
  • The king also refused to sign a new treaty, abrogating that of 1801, submitted to him by General Outram.
  • Extract from : « The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. » by E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
  • Instead of abrogating the treaties, they aimed, by evasions and restrictions, to render nugatory many of their stipulations.
  • Extract from : « Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 » by Various
  • It injures both the present and the future, by abrogating their mutual connection.
  • Extract from : « Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues » by John Alberger

Synonyms for abrogating

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