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Select the most appropriate synonym of the word: Abrogate

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SSC CHSL 2025 Tier 1 Question Paper (21-Nov-2025) (Shift 1)
The correct answer is

Repeal

This is a synonym question, so the meaning of the head-word must be fixed precisely before comparing options.

'Abrogate' is a formal verb meaning to officially abolish, cancel or annul a law, treaty, agreement or established custom by an act of authority. Its Latin root 'abrogare' literally means to repeal a law.

Because the core sense is 'to cancel something that is currently in force', the correct synonym must also carry the idea of revoking or doing away with.

'Repeal' means to officially revoke or annul a law or act. It matches 'abrogate' almost exactly, both in meaning and in the formal legal register.

'Institute' means to establish or set up, and 'Enact' means to pass or make into law; both bring a rule into force and are therefore near-opposites of abrogate.

'Approve' means to endorse or sanction, which is again about accepting rather than cancelling.

Since only 'Repeal' shares the sense of formally cancelling something already established, it is the correct match.

Therefore the most appropriate synonym of 'abrogate' is Repeal.

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