different between abrogation vs undoing

English

Etymology

First attested in 1535. From Middle French abrogation, from Latin abrog?ti? (“repealed”), from abrogo, from ab (“from”) + rogo (“ask, inquire”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æb.????e?.?n?/

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

abrogation (countable and uncountable, plural abrogations)

1. The act of abrogating; a repeal by authority; abolition. [First attested in the mid 16^th century.]

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French

Etymology

From Middle French abrogation, from Latin abrog?ti? (“repealed”), from Latin abrogo, from ab (“from”) + rogo (“ask, inquire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.b??.?a.sj??/

Noun

abrogation f (plural abrogations)

1. abrogation

Further reading

• “abrogation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?du???/

Etymology 1

From Middle English undoinge, undoynge, ondoynge; equivalent to undo +? -ing.

Noun

undoing (plural undoings)

1. The act of loosening or unfastening
2. Ruin; defeat, (also) that which causes defeat or ruin.

   His fatal flaw was his undoing. In a sense he defeated himself.

   • 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 5:

     So far as the ape was concerned, Sabor reasoned correctly. The little fellow crouched trembling just an instant, but that instant was quite long enough to prove his undoing.
3. Annulment; reversal

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English undoynge, undoand, from Old English und?nde (“undoing”), from Proto-Germanic *andad?ndz, present participle of *andad?n? (“to undo”). Cognate with Dutch ontdoend (“undoing”).

Verb

undoing

1. present participle of undo

Anagrams

• ounding