different between abolish vs decommission

English

Etymology

From late Middle English abolisshen, from Middle French abolir, aboliss- (extended stem), from Latin abol?re (“to retard, check the growth of, (and by extension) destroy, abolish”), inchoative abol?scere (“to wither, vanish, (Classical) cease”), probably from ab (“from, away from”) + *ol?re (“to increase, grow”) which is found only in compound.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: ?-b?l'?sh IPA^(key): /??b?l??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??b?l.??/, /??b?l.??/

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. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]
2. (archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice): abrogate, annul, cancel, dissolve, nullify, repeal, revoke

Antonyms

• (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice): establish, found

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English

Etymology

de- +? commission.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /di?k??m???n/
• Hyphenation: de?com?mis?sion

Verb

decommission (third-person singular simple present decommissions, present participle decommissioning, simple past and past participle decommissioned)

1. To take out of service or to render unusable.
2. To remove or revoke a commission.
3. To remove or revoke a formal designation.

Antonyms

• commission (verb)

Translations

Anagrams

• commissioned