Abolish vs Decommission - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between abolish and decommission

is that abolish is to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice while decommission is to take out of service or to render unusable.

(es)

To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.

Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century.

* 2002', William Schabas, ''The '''abolition of the death penalty in international law (Cambridge University Press):

(archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out.

* :

And with thy blood abolish so reproachful blot.

* :

His quick instinctive hand Caught at the hilt, as to abolish him.

* abrogate, annul, cancel, dissolve, nullify, repeal, revoke

* establish, found

(en verb)

To take out of service or to render unusable.

They decommissioned the ship after the accident.

The Army decommissioned the Sherman tank by filling the turret with cement.

To remove or revoke a commission.

After his arrest, the officer was decommissioned from the police force.

To remove or revoke a formal designation.

The state highway was decommissioned and reverted to local control.