All abrogate synonyms

verb abrogate

• invalidate — to render invalid; discredit.
• annul — If an election or a contract is annulled, it is declared invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
• revoke — to take back or withdraw; annul, cancel, or reverse; rescind or repeal: to revoke a decree.
• undo — to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done: Murder once done can never be undone.
• abolish — If someone in authority abolishes a system or practice, they formally put an end to it.
• nullify — to render or declare legally void or inoperative: to nullify a contract.
• quash — to put down or suppress completely; quell; subdue: to quash a rebellion.
• renege — Cards. to play a card that is not of the suit led when one can follow suit; break a rule of play.
• repeal — to revoke or withdraw formally or officially: to repeal a grant.
• scrub — to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
• void — Law. having no legal force or effect; not legally binding or enforceable.
• negate — to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
• vacate — to give up possession or occupancy of: to vacate an apartment.
• nix — nothing.
• retract — to withdraw (a statement, opinion, etc.) as inaccurate or unjustified, especially formally or explicitly; take back.
• vitiate — to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil.
• abate — If something bad or undesirable abates, it becomes much less strong or severe.
• reject — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
• cancel — If you cancel something that has been arranged, you stop it from happening. If you cancel an order for goods or services, you tell the person or organization supplying them that you no longer wish to receive them.
• dissolve — to make a solution of, as by mixing with a liquid; pass into solution: to dissolve salt in water.
• torpedo — a self-propelled, cigar-shaped missile containing explosives and often equipped with a homing device, launched from a submarine or other warship, for destroying surface vessels or other submarines.
• rescind — to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
• do away with — from this or that place; off: to go away.
• do in — Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
• knock out — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.