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

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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. Mark Pocan:

   I ’m introducing legislation that would abolish ICE and crack down on the agency’s blanket directive to target and round up individuals and families, the heartless actions of this abused agency do not represent the values of our nation and the U.S. must develop a more humane immigration system, one that treats every person with dignity and respect.

2. The Hill.Earl Blumenauer of Oregon:

   We should be prioritizing the protection of families and our borders in a humane and thoughtful way. People should be treated with compassion and respect. ICE is simply not doing that, trump and This Administration have made the agency so toxic that it's time to abolish ICE, and start over.

3. Dejan Stojanovic:

   New vandals will destroy what former vandals failed to abolish.

4. Cynthia Nixon:

   I think we need to abolish ICE. That seems really clear. They have strayed so far from the interests of the American people and the interests of humanity.

5. John Fitzgerald Kennedy:

   The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.

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