abrogated
Officially struck down
Abrogated is the past tense of abrogate, meaning to formally abolish, annul, or do away with something—typically a law, treaty, agreement, or established practice.
The word carries official weight: individuals don't abrogate personal habits, but governments abrogate treaties and courts abrogate statutes.
The regime abrogated civil liberties following the coup.
Congress effectively abrogated the treaty by refusing to fund its implementation.
Declared legally void
- invalidatedMade no longer binding
- voidedMade legally ineffective
- rescindedFormally withdrew or canceled
- quashedAnnulled or suppressed
vacated · revoked · countermanded · vitiated · negated · nullified · canceled · terminated
Formally ended by authority
- overturnedTurned upside down
- withdrawnEmotionally distant, disengaged
- dissolvedDispersed into solvent
- supersededReplaced by something newer
undone · retracted · revoked · annulled · rescinded · struck down · done away with · set aside
Replaced by something newer
- outdatedNo longer in use
- defunctNo longer existing
- antiquatedOld and outdated
- outmodedNo longer in fashion
expired · lapsed · bygone · replaced · dead letter · inoperative · unenforceable · abandoned
annulled
Declared legally void
- invalidatedMade no longer binding
- voidedMade legally ineffective
- rescindedFormally withdrew or canceled
quashed · vacated · revoked · countermanded · vitiated · negated · nullified · canceled · terminated · extinguished
abolished
Formally ended by authority
- overturnedTurned upside down
- withdrawnEmotionally distant, disengaged
- dissolvedDispersed into solvent
superseded · undone · retracted · revoked · annulled · rescinded · struck down · done away with · set aside · canceled
superseded
Replaced by something newer
- outdatedNo longer in use
- defunctNo longer existing
- antiquatedOld and outdated
outmoded · expired · lapsed · bygone · replaced · dead letter · inoperative · unenforceable · abandoned
- nullifiedvoided, annulled, invalidated, nullified, rescinded
abrogatedenacted
Made into law
instituted · established · ratified · legislated · promulgated