unabolish

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verb

To reinstate (a law or institution which had been abolished).

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Meanings

verbunabolish (third-person singular simple present unabolishes, present participle unabolishing, simple past and past participle unabolished)

present singular third person unabolishes · participle present unabolishing · participle past unabolished · past unabolished

  1. rareTo reinstate (a law or institution which had been abolished).

    Once a parliament abolishes capital punishment, it's very hard to unabolish it. And the European Union has made abolition a de facto condition of membership.

    2001 May 14, in The New Yorker, reprinted in 2005 in Politics: Observations & Arguments, 1966-2004 (Hendrik Hertzberg)

Origin

From un- + abolish.

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APA

unabolish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unabolish

MLA

“unabolish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unabolish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unabolish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unabolish.

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