abolished
Formally done away
Abolished is the past tense of abolish, meaning to formally end or do away with something—typically a system, practice, or institution: Slavery was abolished in 1865.
The word carries weight, implying official or permanent elimination rather than casual discontinuation.
Laws are abolished, customs are abolished, departments are abolished.
The death penalty has been abolished in most European countries.
Officially withdrawn from effect
- annulledDeclared legally void
- revokedOfficially canceled or withdrawn
- rescindedFormally withdrew or canceled
- invalidatedMade no longer binding
voided · nullified · abrogated · quashed · overturned · countermanded · vacated · disestablished
Ownership of people
- apartheidRacial separation policy
- serfdomFeudal bound labor
- feudalismLand-for-service social structure
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
segregation · colonialism · caste · indenture · poll tax · debtor prison · primogeniture · emancipated
Old and outdated
- archaicBelonging to earlier times
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- outmodedNo longer in fashion
- bygoneOf earlier times
defunct · discontinued · abandoned · discarded · phased out · retired · extinct · superseded
repealed
Officially withdrawn from effect
- annulledDeclared legally void
- revokedOfficially canceled or withdrawn
- rescindedFormally withdrew or canceled
invalidated · voided · nullified · abrogated · quashed · overturned · countermanded · vacated · disestablished · superseded
slavery
Ownership of people
- apartheidRacial separation policy
- serfdomFeudal bound labor
- feudalismLand-for-service social structure
monarchy · segregation · colonialism · caste · indenture · poll tax · debtor prison · primogeniture · emancipated · liberated
antiquated
Old and outdated
bygone · defunct · discontinued · abandoned · discarded · phased out · retired · extinct · superseded · replaced
- discontinueddiscontinued, terminated, cancelled, ended, stopped
- nullifiedvoided, annulled, invalidated, nullified, rescinded
- destroyeddestroyed, demolished, annihilated, obliterated, decimated
- removedremoved, taken out, eliminated, deleted, erased
abolishedestablished
Formally set up
instituted · enacted · created · founded · introduced