abrogate (verb)

  • 111annul — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. cancel, abolish, repeal, rescind, retract, revoke, nullify, quash; dissolve (a marriage); set aside, invalidate. See nullification, divorce. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. invalidate, render void, repeal …

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  • 112eliminate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. expel, excrete, secrete; remove, get rid of, exclude, set aside, drop, cast out, eradicate; omit, ignore, leave out, neglect, pass over; suppress, extract. See extraction, ejection, exclusion.Ant …

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  • 113extinguish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. destroy, annihilate, eradicate, suppress, end; quench, choke, put or blow out, douse, snuff; smother, suffocate; quell, subdue. See darkness, destruction.Ant., light. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To put… …

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  • 114invalidate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. nullify, cancel, annul, void. See nullification. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. annul, refute, nullify; see cancel 2 , revoke . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. void, nullify, annul, cancel, repeal,… …

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  • 115recant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. withdraw, take back, renounce, retract, disavow, repudiate. See penitence, nullification II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. retract, revoke, renounce, disavow, disclaim, abjure, deny, take back, cancel, back… …

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  • 116rescind — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. revoke, repeal, recall, abrogate, annul. See nullification. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. revoke, repeal, cancel; see abolish , cancel 1 , 2 , revoke . See Synonym Study at abolish . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 117vitiate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. adulterate, weaken; impair, spoil; destroy, void, in validate; corrupt, contaminate, pollute; deteriorate. See deterioration. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To invalidate] Syn. annul, recant, cancel,… …

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  • 118withdraw — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. remove, separate, subduct; retire, retreat, disengage, draw off; abstract, subtract; recall, rescind, recant; resign, relinquish; abdicate, decamp, depart; shrink, recoil, drop out, back out. See… …

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  • 119negate — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To nullify] Syn. repeal, retract, neutralize; see cancel 2 . 2. [To contradict] Syn. belie, oppose, refute; see deny . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. invalidate, nullify, cancel out, counteract, neutralize, void, annul,… …

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  • 120nullify — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. annul, repeal, invalidate, quash; see cancel 2 , revoke . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. cancel, annul, negate, invalidate, repeal, revoke, veto, kill, neutralize, counteract. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To put an… …

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