abolishing

Verb

abolish (third-person singular simple present abolishes, present participle abolishing, simple past and past participle abolished or (obsolete) abolisht)

1. To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
   • Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century.

   Synonyms:

   abrogate, annul, cancel, dissolve, nullify, repeal, revoke, do away with

   Antonyms:

   establish, found

2. (archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out.
   • And with thy blood abolish so reproachful blot.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene