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# abolish

«abolish» in Mova's school dictionary: **To officially end a law, rule, system or custom so that…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (abolish, abolishes, abolished, abolishing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To officially end a law, rule, system or custom so that it no longer exists. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abolish/#m1)

2) To get rid of something completely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abolish/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Common in history lessons: countries abolished slavery, some abolished the death penalty, schools abolish old rules. It tells the reader that something was ended by a decision of people in power, not just forgotten. Phrases: abolish a law, abolish a tax, abolish slavery, call to abolish.

### examples

- Many countries fought to abolish slavery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abolish/#x1)
- The school abolished the rule about wearing hats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abolish/#x2)
- Some people want to abolish homework for young children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abolish/#x3)
- The new government promised to abolish the tax. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abolish/#x4)
- Britain abolished the slave trade after a long campaign. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abolish/#x5)
- Our club abolished the joining fee, so now it is free. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abolish/#x6)
- That rite was abolished by 4 Geo. iv. c. 52. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abolish/#x7)

### note

Used for laws, systems and customs, not for objects: you abolish a rule but you throw away rubbish. The noun is abolition; a person who wanted to abolish slavery was an abolitionist. Formal word; in everyday talk people say "get rid of" or "scrap".

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «abolish» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abolish/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.