MEANING
To end the force of a law, agreement, or established obligation.
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Words that belong together
- abrogate a treaty
- abrogate an obligation
On the page
The new council abrogated the treaty before the envoys arrived.
No private letter could abrogate the obligation he had signed.
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Word forms
- Base
- abrogate
- Past tense
- abrogated
- Past participle
- abrogated
- Present participle
- abrogating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- abrogate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are abrogating
- Present perfect
- have/has abrogated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been abrogating
- Past
- abrogated
- Past continuous
- was/were abrogating
- Past perfect
- had abrogated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been abrogating
- Future
- will abrogate
- Future continuous
- will be abrogating
- Future perfect
- will have abrogated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been abrogating
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: abrogate; abrogates; abrogated; abrogated; abrogating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: abrogates.
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