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abolish

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
13
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/əˈbɒlɪʃ/(UK)
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/əˈbɒlɪʃ/(UK) · /əˈbɑl.ɪʃ/(US) · /əˈbɑl.əʃ/(US) · /əˈbɔlɪʃ/

Definition of abolish

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
    “Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century.”
    “The abolition of the death penalty in international law”
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verb

  1. To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
    “Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century.”
    “The abolition of the death penalty in international law”
  2. (archaic)To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out.
    “And with thy blood abolish so reproachful blot.”
    “His quick instinctive hand Caught at the hilt, as to abolish him.”

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Etymology

From late Middle English abolisshen, from Middle French aboliss-, extended stem of abolir, from Latin abolēre (“to retard, check the growth of, (and by extension) destroy, abolish”), and inchoative abolēscere (“to wither, vanish, cease”).

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