abolishing 音标拼音: [əb'ɑlɪʃɪŋ]
Abolish \
A *
bol "
ish \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Abolished };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Abolishing }.] [
F .
abolir ,
L .
abolere ,
aboletum ;
ab olere to grow .
Cf . {
Finish }.]
1 .
To do away with wholly ;
to annul ;
to make void ; --
said of laws ,
customs ,
institutions ,
governments ,
etc .;
as ,
to abolish slavery ,
to abolish folly .
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2 .
To put an end to ,
or destroy ,
as a physical objects ;
to wipe out . [
Archaic ]
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And with thy blood abolish so reproachful blot .
--
Spenser .
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His quick instinctive hand Caught at the hilt ,
as to abolish him . --
Tennyson .
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Syn :
To {
Abolish }, {
Repeal }, {
Abrogate }, {
Revoke }, {
Annul },
{
Nullify }, {
Cancel }.
Usage :
These words have in common the idea of setting aside by some overruling act .
Abolish applies particularly to things of a permanent nature ,
such as institutions ,
usages ,
customs ,
etc .;
as ,
to abolish monopolies ,
serfdom ,
slavery .
Repeal describes the act by which the legislature of a state sets aside a law which it had previously enacted .
Abrogate was originally applied to the repeal of a law by the Roman people ;
and hence ,
when the power of making laws was usurped by the emperors ,
the term was applied to their act of setting aside the laws .
Thus it came to express that act by which a sovereign or an executive government sets aside laws ,
ordinances ,
regulations ,
treaties ,
conventions ,
etc .
Revoke denotes the act of recalling some previous grant which conferred ,
privilege ,
etc .;
as ,
to revoke a decree ,
to revoke a power of attorney ,
a promise ,
etc .
Thus ,
also ,
we speak of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes .
Annul is used in a more general sense ,
denoting simply to make void ;
as ,
to annul a contract ,
to annul an agreement .
Nullify is an old word revived in this country ,
and applied to the setting of things aside either by force or by total disregard ;
as ,
to nullify an act of Congress .
Cancel is to strike out or annul ,
by a deliberate exercise of power ,
something which has operative force .
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