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Etymology

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From lateMiddle Englishabolisshen, fromMiddle Frenchaboliss-, extended stem ofabolir,[1] fromLatinabolēre(“to retard, check the growth of, (and by extension) destroy, abolish”), and inchoativeabolēscere(“to wither, vanish, cease”).[2]

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Verb

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abolish (third-person singular simple presentabolishes,present participleabolishing,simple past and past participleabolishedor(obsolete)abolisht)

  1. To end alaw,system,institution,custom orpractice.[First attested from around 1350 to 1470.][3]
    Synonyms:abrogate,annul,cancel,dissolve,nullify,repeal,revoke,do away with
    Antonyms:establish,found
    Slavery wasabolished in the nineteenth century.
    • 2002, William Schabas,The abolition of the death penalty in international law, Cambridge University Press, title:
      Theabolition of the death penalty in international law
  2. (archaic) To put anend to ordestroy, as a physical object; towipe out.[First attested from around 1350 to 1470.][3]
    • 1590,Edmund Spenser,The Faerie Queene:
      And with thy bloodabolish so reproachful blot.
    • 1892,Alfred Tennyson,The Marriage of Geraint:
      His quick instinctive hand Caught at the hilt, as toabolish him.

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Related terms

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Terms derived from Latin “abolēre”

Translations

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to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice
to destroy
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References

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  1. ^“abolisshen,v.”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2018, retrieved20 October 2019.
  2. ^Laurence Urdang (editor),The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975],→ISBN), page 4
  3. ↑3.03.1Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abolish”, inThe Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.:Oxford University Press,→ISBN, page 6.
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