abrogate (verb)

  • 41nullify — nul·li·fy / nə lə ˌfī/ vt fied, fy·ing: to make null nullify a contract Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. nullify …

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  • 42repudiate — re·pu·di·ate /ri pyü dē ˌāt/ vt at·ed, at·ing: to disavow or reject an obligation (as a debt) or duty (as performance under a contract); specif: to indicate an inability or unwillingness to perform as promised under (a contract) re·pu·di·a·tor /… …

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  • 43disannul — I verb abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel, countermand, declare null and void, disclaim, disown, dissolve, invalidate, nullify, overrule, quash, recall, recant, renege, repeal, repudiate, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, set aside, vacate,… …

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  • 44invalidate — in·val·i·date /in va lə ˌdāt/ vt: to make or declare invalid the high court invalidating the statute in·val·i·da·tion /in ˌva lə dā shən/ n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 45revoke — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. recall, repeal, annul, rescind, withdraw, abrogate; recant, repudiate, disavow. See nullification. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. recall, retract, cancel, annul, repeal, rescind, abrogate, disclaim,… …

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  • 46vacate — va·cate vb va·cat·ed, va·cat·ing vt 1: to make void: annul set aside vacate a lower court order 2 a: to make vacant b: to give up the occupancy of vi: to vacate an office, post, or tenancy …

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  • 47recall — re·call /ri kȧl, rē ˌkȯl/ n 1: a call to return a recall of workers 2: the right or procedure by which an official may be removed by vote of the people a recall petition 3: the act of revoking 4: a public cal …

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  • 48eliminate — I (eradicate) verb abolish, annihilate, blot out, cancel, clear out, consume, cut out, decimate, delete, demolish, deracinate, desolate, destroy, devour, dispatch, dispose of, dissolve, do away with, efface, end, erase, evacuate, expunge,… …

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  • 49discharge — dis·charge 1 /dis chärj, dis ˌchärj/ vt 1: to release from an obligation: as a: to relieve of a duty under an instrument (as a contract or a negotiable instrument); also: to render (an instrument) no longer enforceable a formal instrument...may… …

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  • 50overrule — over·rule /ˌō vər rül/ vt 1: to rule against the objection was overruled compare sustain 2 a: to rule against upon review by virtue of a higher authority: set aside reverse …

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