The definition of abrogate is defined as to end something, especially when some formal step is needed to end it.
(verb)An example of the word abrogate is when the Prohibition was ended.
See abrogate in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb abrogated, abrogating
Origin: < L abrogatus, pp. of abrogare, to repeal < ab-, away + rogare, to ask: see rogation
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See abrogate in American Heritage Dictionary 4
transitive verb ab·ro·gat·ed, ab·ro·gat·ing, ab·ro·gates
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Origin: Latin abrogāre, abrogāt-
Origin: : ab-, away; see ab-1
Origin: + rogāre, to ask; see reg- in Indo-European roots
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