Vocabulary
Abolition
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the action of abolishing a system, practice, or institution.
Urdu meaning
منسوخی، تنسیخ، خاتمہ
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The government`s abolition of the minimum support price and falling rates during the sowing season were among the main reasons why some farmers switched to what they saw as more profitable crops.
- The decline in acreage demands that policymakers go beyond the abolition of the support price if they want to make wheat profitable for farmers.
- Stronger enforcement of the Bonded Labour Abolition Act, rehabilitation schemes for freed families, microcredit programmes to end dependence on exploitative loans and protection for women and minors are urgently required.
- The recent abolition of cheap gas for fertiliser factories long a windfall for industry barons, was overdue.
- It also seeks a new charter of democracy between all political parties, along with the abolition of the `hybrid system` of governance recently extolled by the defence minister.
Synonyms
scrapping, ending, stopping, doing away with, termination, eradication, elimination
Antonyms
retention, creation
Curator example
“the abolition of the death penalty”
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