Abrogation - English meaning

noun

The act of annulling something.

Usage examples:

The applicant sought the annulment of the decision

noun

An official announcement that something such as a law, agreement, or marriage no longer exists, or the process of making this announcement

Usage examples:

Judges only grant marriage annulments in exceptional circumstances., the discovery of the election …

noun

The action of cancelling something.

Usage examples:

The show is sold out, but check for cancellations

noun

A situation in which something that has been arranged is stopped from happening

Usage examples:

Flight/train cancellations, please call and inform us as soon as possible if you need to make a can…

noun

The act of deciding that an organized event will not happen or of stopping an order for something

Usage examples:

Many trains are subject to cancellation because of the flooding., the theatre tickets were sold out…

verb

Revoke or cancel (an order).

Usage examples:

An order to arrest the strike leaders had been countermanded

noun

An order revoking a previous one.

Usage examples:

I forthwith mounted, and went off, lest i should receive a countermand

verb

Present participle of countermand

prefix

Twice; two-; double.

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Dichromatic

prefix

Variant spelling of dis- shortened before l, m, n, r, s (followed by a consonant), and v ; also often shortened before g, and sometimes before j.

prefix

Variant spelling of dia- shortened before a vowel (as in dielectric ).

noun

The action of formally ending or dismissing an assembly, partnership, or official body.

Usage examples:

The dissolution of their marriage

noun

The ending of esp. an official organization or a legal arrangement

Usage examples:

The dissolution of the spanish empire

noun

The act or process of ending an official organization or legal agreement

Usage examples:

After the dissolution of communist rule in 1989, things began to open up., the party says it will c…

noun

The action of stopping a document, ticket, law, etc. from being legally or officially acceptable

Usage examples:

Premature disclosure of the test sites might lead to invalidation of the experiment., voting fraud …

noun

The contradiction or denial of something.

Usage examples:

There should be confirmation—or negation—of the findings

noun

The action of causing something to not exist or to have no effect

Usage examples:

The utter negation of natural beauty was appalling., she sees faith as a negation of reason., she s…

noun

The exact opposite of something, or a complete lack of it

Usage examples:

She sees faith as a negation of reason.

verb

To cause an agreement or result to be no longer effective or consider it as not existing

Usage examples:

The referee nullified the goal.

verb

To make a legal agreement or decision no longer have any legal force

Usage examples:

The airline wants to nullify employees' contracts if no settlement is reached., a suit has been fil…

noun

The act of making a legal agreement or decision have no legal force

Usage examples:

Judges, and indeed lawyers, do not approve of the nullification of laws by juries., this was a case…

adjective

More important than any other considerations.

Usage examples:

The overriding concern of the organizers was the financial crisis

verb

Use one's authority to reject or cancel (a decision, view, etc.).

Usage examples:

The courts will ultimately override any objections

verb

Reject or disallow by exercising one's superior authority.

Usage examples:

Chief judge moran overruled the government's objections

verb

Present participle of overrule

verb

(of a person who has official authority) to decide against a decision that has already been made

Usage examples:

In tennis, the umpire can overrule the line judge.

verb

Tip (something) over so that it is on its side or upside down.

Usage examples:

The crowd proceeded to overturn cars and set them on fire

noun

An act of overturning something.

Usage examples:

For the most part the only people who actually bothered to look at the registration rolls and allow…

verb

Present participle of overturn

Usage examples:

The car skidded off the road, hit a tree and overturned., the intruder had overturned some of the f…

verb

Revoke or annul (a law or act of parliament).

Usage examples:

The legislation was repealed five months later

noun

The action of revoking or annulling a law or act of parliament.

Usage examples:

The house voted in favour of repeal

verb

(of a government) to make a law no longer a law

Usage examples:

Legislators repealed the sales tax., senators called for the law’s repeal.

noun

Rejection of a proposal or idea.

Usage examples:

The repudiation of reformist policies

verb

Revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement).

Usage examples:

The government eventually rescinded the directive

noun

Annulment, repeal, abrogation; an instance of this.

noun

The official cancellation of a decree, decision, or promise.

Usage examples:

For those who break the law, revocation of their liquor licence may result

noun

The act of stating officially that an agreement, right, or legal document is no longer effective

Usage examples:

Revocation of a licence/permit/pass violators of the law concerning firearms face fines and possibl…

verb

Exercise a veto against (a decision or proposal).

Usage examples:

The president vetoed the bill

noun

A constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a lawmaking body.

Usage examples:

Neither state was given a veto over amendments to the act

verb

Present participle of veto

Usage examples:

In 1961, president de gaulle vetoed britain's entry into the common market., [ + -ing verb ] my bos…

verb

Declare that (something) is not valid or legally binding.

Usage examples:

The supreme court voided the statute

adjective

Not valid or legally binding.

Usage examples:

The contract was void

adjective

Completely empty.

Usage examples:

Void spaces surround the tanks