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English
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”), probably from ab (“from, away from”) + *olēre (“to increase, grow”).
Pronunciation
Verb
abolish (third-person singular simple present abolishes, present participle abolishing, simple past and past participle abolished or (obsolete) abolisht)
- To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
- Synonyms: abrogate, annul, cancel, dissolve, nullify, repeal, revoke
- Antonyms: establish, found
Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century.
2002, William Schabas, The abolition of the death penalty in international law, Cambridge University Press, title:The abolition of the death penalty in international law
- (archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out.
1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene:And with thy blood abolish so reproachful blot.
1892, Alfred Tennyson, The Marriage of Geraint:His quick instinctive hand Caught at the hilt, as to abolish him.
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Translations
to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice
- Afrikaans: afskaf
- Arabic: أَبْطَلَ (ʔabṭala), أَلْغَى (ʔalḡā)
- Egyptian Arabic: يبطل (yebṭel), يلغي (yelği)
- Asturian: abolir
- Basque: abolitu
- Belarusian: касава́ць impf (kasavácʹ), скасава́ць pf (skasavácʹ)
- Bulgarian: према́хвам (bg) (premáhvam), отменям (bg) (otmenjam)
- Catalan: abolir (ca), suprimir (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 取消 (zh) (qǔxiāo), 廢除/废除 (zh) (fèichú), 廢止/废止 (zh) (fèizhǐ)
- Czech: zrušit (cs)
- Danish: afskaffe (da)
- Dutch: afschaffen (nl), opheffen (nl)
- Esperanto: abolicii, forigi (eo), aboli
- Estonian: tühistama, kaotama
- Finnish: lakkauttaa (fi), lopettaa (fi)
- French: abolir (fr), supprimer (fr)
- Galician: abolir (gl)
- Georgian: გაუქმება (gaukmeba), გაბათილება (gabatileba)
- German: abschaffen (de), aufheben (de)
- Greek: καταργώ (el) (katargó), καταλύω (el) (katalýo)
- Ancient: ἀναιρέω (anairéō)
- Haitian Creole: aboli
- Hebrew: ביטל (bitél)
- Hungarian: eltöröl (hu)
- Interlingua: abolir
- Italian: abolire (it)
- Japanese: 止める (ja) (yameru), 無くす (ja) (nakusu), 廃止する (ja) (haishi suru), 打破する (ja) (daha suru)
- Lao: ລົບລ້າງ (lop lāng)
- Latin: aboleō (la), interimō
- Maori: whakahorohoro, whakakāhore
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: abolere, avskaffe, fjerne (no)
- Ottoman Turkish: بوزمق (bozmak)
- Polish: (a practice) znosić (pl) impf, znieść (pl) pf, (a system) obalać (pl) impf, obalić (pl) pf
- Portuguese: abolir (pt), suprimir (pt)
- Romanian: aboli (ro)
- Russian: отменя́ть (ru) impf (otmenjátʹ), отмени́ть (ru) pf (otmenítʹ), упраздня́ть (ru) impf (uprazdnjátʹ), упраздни́ть (ru) pf (uprazdnítʹ), аннули́ровать (ru) pf (annulírovatʹ)
- Serbo-Croatian: ukidati (sh)
- Slovak: zrušiť
- Spanish: abolir (es), suprimir (es), abrogar (es), quitar (es)
- Swedish: avskaffa (sv), överge (sv), förkasta (sv)
- Thai: เลิก (th) (lə̂ək), ยกเลิก (th) (yók-lə̂ək), ยุบเลิก (yoob-lêrk)
- Ukrainian: касува́ти (uk) impf (kasuváty), скасува́ти (uk) pf (skasuváty)
- Volapük: säkibön (vo), finidön (vo)
- Welsh: diddymu (cy)
- Yiddish: בטל מאַכן (botl makhn), אָפּשאַפֿן (ópshafn)
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to destroy
- Arabic: دَمَر (damar)
- Egyptian Arabic: دمر (damar)
- Bulgarian: унищожа́вам (bg) (uništožávam)
- Dutch: vernietigen (nl), buiten werking stellen (nl)
- French: détruire (fr)
- German: vernichten (de)
- Hebrew: הרס (he) (harás)
- Japanese: 打破する (ja) (daha suru)
- Latin: interimō, aboleō (la)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: destruere, tilintetgjøre (no), ødelegge (no)
- Portuguese: destroçar (pt), arrasar (pt), acabar com
- Romanian: distruge (ro)
- Russian: уничтожа́ть (ru) impf (uničtožátʹ), уничто́жить (ru) pf (uničtóžitʹ), ликвиди́ровать (ru) pf (likvidírovatʹ), искореня́ть (ru) impf (iskorenjátʹ), искорени́ть (ru) pf (iskorenítʹ)
- Spanish: destrozar (es)
- Welsh: dinistrio (cy)
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References
- ^ “abolisshen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2018, retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 , →ISBN), page 4
- ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 , →ISBN), page 4
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abolish”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.