rescindere (to cancel and make void; e.g., decrees, compacts, wills, etc.): inducere (to strike out a resolution, a decree of the Senate, a contract, locationem): pervertere (abolish by violence; laws, justice, etc.): abolere: abrogare [SYN. in ABOLISH]: derogare legi or aliquid de lege (of a partial abolition; but sometimes with accusative for abrogare; Ochsn., Cic., Eclog., p. 85): obrogare legi (to render it a dead letter, wholly or in part, by a subsequent enactment).