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Abolish Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Abolish Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To put an end to, or destroy, as a physical objects; to wipe out.
To put an end to, or destroy, as a physical objects; to wipe out.
(v. t.)
To do away with wholly; to annul; to make void; -- said of laws, customs, institutions, governments, etc.; as, to abolish slavery, to abolish folly.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo do away with wholly; to annul; to make void; -- said of laws, customs, institutions, governments, etc.; as, to abolish slavery, to abolish folly.
abolish
aboding \a*bod"ing\ (&?;), n. a foreboding. [obs.]
Verb
1. do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"
(synonym) get rid of
(antonym) establish, set up, found, launch
(hyponym) cashier
(derivation) abolition, abolishment
Abolish Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Abolish means to put an end to something or to stop something.
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