What is the meaning of Abrogate and Abstruse? Share with your friends Share 1 Roshini Anie Thomas answered this Abrogate means to repel or cancel a law while Abstruse means obscure and difficult to understand. 1 View Full Answer Pratishtha Narula answered this Abrogate means to abolish or to avoid. And , You can?describe?something as?abstruse?if you?find?it?difficult?to understand,?especially?when you?think?it could be?explained?more?simply. 1