abrogated

But just because the balance has shifted does not mean that all news media have suddenly abrogated social responsibility.

Normally that viewpoint is completely abrogated by hacktivists since it leads inevitably to DRM and other IP-backed shenanigans.

If the 4th Amendment is to be abrogated then it should be amended to reflect the current state of affairs.

US has abrogated sovereign immunity in certain situations for certain types of torts, but..

Now it appears that Switzerland has abrogated parts of its treaty obligations, and is imposing new restrictions on Danish nationals living in Switzerland.

Rights are things that you have innately, not things that you are given; your rights can be abused or abrogated, but not taken away.

Instead of individuals hiding behind a government-created fiction, they hide behind contract law, which cannot be abrogated without undermining the nature of law itself.

Thus, the claim of these authors that protection of IP should be abrogated is worse than wrong - in a system of private property, anyway, it is absurd.

Furthermore, it is becoming increasingly apparent that in some conditions increased permeability is critical to the development of disease as if it is abrogated the disease does not develop.

I'm an American, and I am greatly concerned that our government has overstepped its mandate as well as abrogated the public trust by perpetrating this travesty.

In essence, the Legislative branch has (illegally, many argue) abrogated its duty and responsibility to draft, negotiate, and enact law, to the Executive.

Maybe such protection should be created, but that's a quite different question from the apparently common, but incorrect, belief that it existed (even as a de-facto practice) and has recently been abrogated.

It's not just that someone has "abrogated your free will" -- they're using you as an object and thereby dehumanizing you.

Reminds me of the jibe that people used to give to Linux enthusiasts, "Linux is only free if your time is worthless." You've abrogated any expectation that your students respect your time—you're on-call 24/7.

This is what has given birth to the concept of "political correctness", and this is the domain in which "You have offended me" takes on moral overtones; you have abrogated your social responsibilities in that case.

Reasons like "because of the Constitution," "to protect people," "to keep the United States a place of refuge for oppressed people," are all good reasons, but I think the best is simply that it is evil to allow a good thing to be compromised or abrogated, so it is good to resist a compromising or abrogating force.