abolishverb [ T ]
uk/əˈbɒl.ɪʃ/us/əˈbɑː.lɪʃ/B2 to end an activity or custom officially:
I think bullfighting should be abolished.
National Service was abolished in the UK in 1962.
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- 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?
- In Britain, national service was abolished in 1962.
- Gradually the laws that underpinned apartheid were abolished.
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UK politics: legislation & law-making
- abrogate
- amendment
- assemblyman
- assemblywoman
- ban
- constitution
- constitutional
- lawmaker
- legalize
- legislate
- legislative
- legislative assembly
- legitimate
- passage
- proscribe
- quash
- repeal
- rescind
- rescission
- rider
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Forbidding and banning things
abolition
noun [ U ] uk/ˌæb.əˈlɪʃ.ən/us/ˌæb.əˈlɪʃ.ən/
the abolition of slavery