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- DictionaryA·bol·ish/əˈbäliSH/
verb
- 1. formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution): "the tax was abolished in 1977"
to end an activity or custom officially: I think bullfighting should be abolished. Congress abolished the draft in 1973, at the end of the Vietnam War. Fewer examples. The government ought to abolish the tax altogether. The government is planning to abolish subsidies to farmers. Is monarchy relevant in the modern world or should it be abolished?
To abolish is to get rid of or annul. So when the principal yells at you for the 100th time for not having your shirt tucked in, it's safe to wish they'd just abolish the silly dress code. The word abolish might stir up some historical connotations, since in the U.S. it's commonly associated with bringing an end to slavery.
Definition of abolish verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
6 days ago · transitive verb. to do away with; put an end to; annul; make void. to abolish slavery. SYNONYMS suppress, nullify, cancel; annihilate, obliterate, extinguish; exterminate, extirpate, eliminate. abolish, eradicate, stamp out mean to do away completely with something.
ABOLISH | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary. Definition of abolish – Learner’s Dictionary. abolish. verb [ T ] uk / əˈbɒlɪʃ / us. Add to word list. B2. to officially end something, especially a law or system: The slave trade was abolished in the US in 1808. abolition. noun [ U ] uk / ˌæbəˈlɪʃ ə n / us. the abolition of slavery.
5 days ago · To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.] [4] Synonyms: abrogate, annul, cancel, dissolve, nullify, repeal, revoke. Antonyms: establish, found. Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century. ( archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out.
1. To do away with; put an end to; annul: voted to abolish the tax. 2. Archaic To destroy completely. [Middle English abolisshen, from Old French abolir, aboliss-, from Latin abolēre; see al- in Indo-European roots .] a·bol′ish·a·ble adj. a·bol′ish·er n. a·bol′ish·ment n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
