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

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin