Associations to the word «Abolish»

Wiktionary

ABOLISH, verb. To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]
ABOLISH, verb. (archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]

Dictionary definition

ABOLISH, verb. Do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King