abrogation
IPA: æbrʌgˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- The act of abrogating; a repeal by authority; abolition.
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Examples of "abrogation" in Sentences
- There is a clear difference, abrogation is factual.
- Abrogation is indeed the literal meaning of the aformentioned verses.
- Spinoza committed the heresy of advocating the abrogation of the Torah.
- Kevin Rudd's office called it an "abrogation" of the constitution while Fiji's other big brother
- The problem, though, is that the violent verses take precedence due to something called abrogation.
- Bush's doctrine of the "unitary executive," a two-word abrogation of the Constitution, dispenses with those precautions.
- And despite of North Korea's repeated kind of abrogation of its commitments, China has again and again appealed for calm and reason to prevail.
- (BTW, how can Scalia be a “textualist” when he joins the decisions requiring a demonstrated legislative record — i.e., materials outside the text of the law — of state evil before abrogation is proper?)
- It was the genius of those early scholars to be able to reconcile the apparent contradictions in the Quran and Sunnah by resorting to "abrogation," where certain verses of the Quran "override" earlier ones.
- On Monday, April 20, members of United Nations Security Council called the abrogation of Fiji’s constitution and the firing of its judiciary a “step backwards” and declared the country should hold elections as soon as possible.
- While his view of religious history might leave something to be desired, Jasser's courage is never in doubt-as, for example when he takes on the established Sunni doctrine of naskh, or "abrogation," which holds that the later-revealed suras or "chapters" of the Qur'an trump earlier, more pacific ones.