Antonyms for abolish
əˈbɒl ɪʃabol·ish

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1. abolish

   Abolish, to do away with, bring absolutely to an end, especially as something hostile, hindering, or harmful, was formerly used of persons and material objects, a usage now obsolete except in poetry or highly figurative speech. Abolish is now used of institutions, customs, and conditions, especially those wide-spread and long existing; as, to abolish slavery, ignorance, intemperance, poverty. A building that is burned to the ground is said to be destroyed by fire. Annihilate, as a philosophical term, signifies to put absolutely out of existence. As far as our knowledge goes, matter is never annihilated, but only changes its form. Some believe that the wicked will be annihilated. Abolish is not said of laws. There we use repeal, abrogate, nullify, etc.: repeal by the enacting body, nullify by revolutionary proceedings; a later statute abrogates, without formally repealing, any earlier law with which it conflicts. An appellate court may reverse or set aside the decision of an inferior court. Overthrow may be used in either a good or a bad sense; suppress is commonly in a good, subvert always in a bad sense; as, to subvert our liberties; to suppress a rebellion. The law prohibits what may never have existed; it abolishes an existing evil. We abate a nuisance, terminate a controversy. Compare CANCEL; DEMOLISH; EXTERMINATE.

   Antonyms:
   authorize, cherish, confirm, continue, enact, establish, institute, introduce, legalize, promote, reinstate, renew, repair, restore, revive, set up, support, sustain

   Synonyms:
   abate, abrogate, annihilate, annul, destroy, end, end, eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, nullify, obliterate, overthrow, prohibit, remove, repeal, reverse, revoke, set aside, stamp out, subvert, supplant, suppress, terminate

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 5 votes

1. abolish

   Antonyms:
   support, sustain, cherish, promote, continue, confirm, restore, repair, revive, reinstate, enact, institute, re-enact

   Synonyms:
   destroy, eradicate, invalidate, make void, obliterate, extirpate, abrogate, annul, subvert, cancel, revoke, quash, nullify, overthrow, annihilate, supersede, suppress, expunge

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 5 votes

1. abolish, get rid ofverb

   do away with

   "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"

   Antonyms:
   found, set up, establish, launch

   Synonyms:
   get rid of, extinguish, remove, eliminate, do away with

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1. abolishverb

   Antonyms:
   confirm, establish

   Synonyms:
   annul, nullify, abrogate, invalidate, repeal, revoke, rescind, disannul, set aside, destroy

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1. launchedverb

   Submitted by jayden.rodriguez on April 23, 2022  

How to use abolish in a sentence?

1. Leighton Woodhouse:

   There's an inflationary effect on moral capital, say your position is ‘abolish ICE.’ At first, that seems really edgy. You have high moral capital for taking this position.

2. Donald Trump:

   You know Ben wants to knock out Medicare. I heard that over the weekend, he wants to abolish Medicare. And I think, you know, abolishing Medicare. I don't think you're going to get away with that one. And it's actually a program that's worked.

3. Austin Sarat:

   Steps to limit or abolish the death penalty don’t come easily politically.

4. John Fetterman:

   The Senate needs to act right now, and if I were in the The Senate, I would proudly cast the 51st vote to abolish the filibuster and pass the Voting Rights Act and Voting Rights Act, our democracy depends on it.

5. Torunn Sinclair:

   Every vulnerable Democrat who takes Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s money has signed onto her insane socialist agenda that wants to defund the police, abolish private healthh insurance and open our borders.

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