abrogations
n. C1 Advanced ab·ro·ga·tions
n. the official act of ending or canceling a law, a treaty, or a contract. It is a formal way to say that something is no longer valid.
n. the formal repeal or cancellation of a law, treaty, or legal agreement. Often used in legal or diplomatic contexts to describe the termination of binding obligations.
The treaty includes several abrogations of previous agreements.
The new government announced several abrogations of the old environmental laws to make way for industrial expansion.
Legal scholars debated whether the recent abrogations of the international agreement were a necessary reform or a dangerous precedent for future diplomatic negotiations.