abolish

Etymology

From late Middle English abolisshen, from Middle French aboliss-, extended stem of abolir, from Latin abolēre (“to retard, check the growth of, (and by extension) destroy, abolish”), and inchoative abolēscere (“to wither, vanish, cease”), probably from ab (“from, away from”) + *olēre (“to increase, grow”).

verb

1. To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
   Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century.
   The abolition of the death penalty in international law 2002, William Schabas, The abolition of the death penalty in international law, Cambridge University Press, title
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
   His quick instinctive hand Caught at the hilt, as to abolish him. 1892, Alfred Tennyson, The Marriage of Geraint