Abolish

English

Etymology

From French abolir, from Latin abolēre, present active infinitive of aboleō (“‘destroy, abolish’”), from ab (“‘from, away from’”) + oleō (“‘to grow’”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /əˈbɒlɪʃ/
• ə-bŏl'ĭsh, /@"bQlIS/
• ə'bolish

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Verb

Infinitive to Abolish

Third person singular abolish

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle es

to Abolish (third-person singular simple present abolish, present participle es, simple past and past participle -)

1. To do away with wholly; to annul; to make void; to end a law, system, custom or institution

   Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century.

   • 2002: William Schabas. The abolition of the death penalty in international law. Cambridge University Press.

   In 1846, Michigan became the first jurisdiction to abolish capital punishment permanently.

2. (archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out.

   And with thy blood abolish so reproachful blot. - Edmund Spenser

   His quick instinctive hand Caught at the hilt, as to abolish him. - Alfred Tennyson

Synonyms

• abrogate
• annul
• cancel
• nullify
• repeal
• revoke

Related terms

• abolisher
• abolition
• abolitionist

Translations

to do away with

Bulgarian: премахвам bg(bg), отменям bg(bg) Chinese: 为了废止 Dutch: afschaffen nl(nl) Esperanto: abolicii, forigi Estonian: tühistama, kaotama Finnish: lakkauttaa, lopettaa French: abolir fr(fr), supprimer fr(fr) German: abschaffen de(de) Greek: καταργώ el(el), καταλύω el(el) Hebrew: ביטל he(he) (bitél) Interlingua: abolir Italian: abolire it(it)

Japanese: 廃止する (haishi suru) Lao: ລົບລ້າງ lo(lo) (lop-laang) Norwegian: avskaffe, forkaste Novial: aboli Portuguese: abolir pt(pt) Russian: отменить ru(ru) Slovak: zrušiť Spanish: abolir es(es) Swedish: överge, förkasta Thai: เลิก (lêrk), ยกเลิก (yok-lêrk), ยุบเลิก (yoob-lêrk) Ukrainian: знечинити, скасувати Volapük: säkibön, finidön

to destroy

Bulgarian: унищожавам bg(bg) Dutch: vernietigen nl(nl) French: détruire fr(fr)

German: vernichten de(de) Hebrew: הרס he(he) (harás) Spanish: destrozar es(es)

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