"abrogation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌæb.ɹəˈɡeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/ [UK, US], /ˌæb.ɹəˈɡæɪ.ʃ(ə)n/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-abrogation.wav [Southern-England] Forms: abrogations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: First attested in 1535. From Middle French abrogation, from Latin abrogātiō (“repealed”), from abrogo, from ab (“from”) + rogo (“ask, inquire”). By surface analysis, ab- + Latin rog- + -ate + -ion. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|abrogation}} Middle French abrogation, {{der|en|la|abrogātiō||repealed}} Latin abrogātiō (“repealed”), {{surf|en|ab-|la:rogāre|-ate|-ion|alt2=rog-}} By surface analysis, ab- + Latin rog- + -ate + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} abrogation (countable and uncountable, plural abrogations)
  1. The act of abrogating.
    A repeal by authority; abolition.
    Tags: countable, uncountable
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  2. The act of abrogating.
    (molecular biology) The blocking of a molecular process or function.
    Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-abrogation-en-noun-en:mbio Categories (other): Molecular biology, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: abrogationism, abrogationist Translations (act of abrogating): ἀθέτησις (athétēsis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), إِلْغَاء (ʔilḡāʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), indargabetze (Basque), abrogació [feminine] (Catalan), afschaffing [masculine] (Dutch), intrekking [masculine] (Dutch), opheffing [masculine] (Dutch), ongeldigverklaring [masculine] (Dutch), abrogación [feminine] (Galician), Abschaffung [feminine] (German), Aufhebung [feminine] (German), Abolition [feminine] (German), Niederschlagung [feminine] (German), Abrogation [feminine] [law] (German), Zurücknahme [feminine] (German), Kündigung [feminine] (German), Annullierung [feminine] (German), Annullieren [neuter] (German), ακύρωση (akýrosi) [feminine] (Greek), κατάργηση (katárgisi) [feminine] (Greek), pembatalan (Indonesian), abrogasi (Indonesian), aisghairm [feminine] (Irish), abrogazione [feminine] (Italian), ابطال (ibtal) (Ottoman Turkish), لغو (lağv, lağıv) (Ottoman Turkish), abrogacja [feminine] (Polish), ab-rogação [feminine] (Portuguese), abrugaziôn [feminine] (Romagnol), abrogación [feminine] (Spanish), yürürlükten kaldırma (Turkish), feshetme (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'act of abrogating': 50 50

Inflected forms

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      "word": "ongeldigverklaring"
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      "sense": "act of abrogating",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "abrogación"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "act of abrogating",
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      "word": "Abschaffung"
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      "sense": "act of abrogating",
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      "sense": "act of abrogating",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "act of abrogating",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "act of abrogating",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "act of abrogating",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "act of abrogating",
      "word": "yürürlükten kaldırma"
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