Usage examples for abrogate
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No one can invalidate his sentence; he can abrogate those of all others. – Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by John Alberger
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A curious old black letter volume, published in London in 1632, declares that " the reason why women have no control in parliament, why they make no laws, consent to none, abrogate none, is their original sin." – The Woman's Bible Part I. Comments on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. Part II. Comments on the Old and New Testaments from Joshua to Revelation. by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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To allow this plea in the present instance, would be to permit men to abrogate the first table of the law on condition of their obeying the second. – A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. by William Wilberforce