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.

nullified

annulled

Declared legally void

quashed · vacated · revoked · countermanded · vitiated · negated · nullified · canceled · terminated · extinguished

repealed

abolished

Formally ended by authority

superseded · undone · retracted · revoked · annulled · rescinded · struck down · done away with · set aside · canceled

obsolete

superseded

Replaced by something newer

outmoded · expired · lapsed · bygone · replaced · dead letter · inoperative · unenforceable · abandoned

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legal/formal status

abrogatedenacted

Made into law

instituted · established · ratified · legislated · promulgated

validity/force

abrogatedupheld

Affirmed on review

validated · confirmed · enforced · maintained · sustained

Family

abrogate, abrogation, abrogating, abrogates

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