Capable of being abrogated, repealed, or formally abolished by authority.
From Latin 'abrogabilis' (able to be abrogated), from 'abrogare' (to repeal) + '-able' (capable of being). The Latin root combines 'ab-' (away) + 'rogare' (to ask/propose).
Legal scholars debate whether certain laws or rights are truly 'abrogable'—the word sits at the heart of constitutional battles about whether any government decision can be reversed by another.
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