Word of the Day: abrogate
: revoke formally
verbformal
1.
repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement).
"a proposal to abrogate temporarily the right to strike"
Similar:
repudiate
revoke
repeal
rescind
overturn
overrule
override
do away with
annul
cancel
break off
invalidate
nullify
void
negate
dissolve
countermand
veto
declare null and void
discontinue
renege on
go back on
backtrack on
reverse
retract
remove
withdraw
abolish
put an end to
get rid of
suspend
end
stop
quash
scrap
disaffirm
avoid
vacate
vitiate
axe
ditch
dump
chop
give something the chop
knock something on the head
deracinate
Opposite:
institute
introduce
2.
evade (a responsibility or duty).
"we believe the board is abrogating its responsibilities to its shareholders"
The word abrogate has appeared in four articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Jan. 9, 2025, in “TikTok Case Before Supreme Court Pits National Security Against Free Speech,” by Adam Liptak. Mr. Liptak wrote that in 1971 the Supreme Court rejected the invocation of national security to justify limiting speech, ruling that the Nixon administration could not stop The New York Times and The Washington Post from publishing the Pentagon Papers, a secret history of the Vietnam War.
The court did so in the face of government warnings that publishing would imperil intelligence agents and peace talks.
“The word ‘security’ is a broad, vague generality whose contours should not be invoked to abrogate the fundamental law embodied in the First Amendment,” Justice Hugo Black wrote in a concurring opinion.
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