Officially ended or destroyed something completely, especially a law, system, or institution.
From Old French 'abolir', from Latin 'abolere' (to destroy or make grow old), related to 'ab-' (away) + 'olere' (to grow). The word means to make something legally null.
The abolition of slavery in different countries used this exact word to signal permanence—it wasn't enough to say 'slavery stopped'; saying it was 'abolished' meant it could never legally come back.
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