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abrogating

verb , present participle of abrogate

Synonyms and Antonyms of abrogating

to put an end to by formal action

the U.S. Congress can abrogate old treaties that are unfair to Native Americans

Synonyms of abrogating

abating, abolishing, annulling, avoiding, canceling (or cancelling), disannulling, dissolving, invalidating, negating, nullifying, nulling, quashing, repealing, rescinding, rolling back, striking down, vacating, voiding

Words Related to abrogating

countermanding, overriding, overruling, overturning, vetoing

aborting, calling, calling off, dropping, recalling, retracting, reversing, revoking, suspending, withdrawing

banning, enjoining, forbidding, outlawing, prohibiting

disallowing, dismissing, rejecting

annihilating, breaking down, eliminating, eradicating, erasing, liquidating, removing, throwing out, writing off

Phrases Synonymous with abrogating

doing away with, setting aside

Near Antonyms of abrogating

enacting, laying down, legislating

establishing, founding, instituting

formalizing, legalizing, legitimating, legitimizing, validating

passing, ratifying

allowing, approving, authorizing, clearing, endorsing (also indorsing), permitting, sanctioning, warranting

commanding, decreeing, mandating, ordering, prescribing

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