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Third Person
abrogates
Present Participle
abrogating
Past Tense
abrogated
Past Participle
abrogated
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to terminate an agreement, right, law, custom, etc. in an official manner
- The government decided to abrogate the outdated trade agreement.
- They had abrogated the agreement without consulting the other parties involved.
- He argued that it was time to abrogate the custom that no longer served any purpose.
- They will abrogate the outdated regulation starting next year.
- The new policy seeks to abrogate the previous law that was deemed ineffective.