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Abolish vs Deinstitutionalization - What's the difference?

abolish | deinstitutionalization |

As a verb abolish

is to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice .

As a noun deinstitutionalization is

the process of abolishing a practice that has been considered a norm.

abolish

English

Verb

(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.

    Synonyms

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

    Antonyms

    * establish, found

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    deinstitutionalization

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • the process of abolishing a practice that has been considered a norm
  • The government began the deinstitutionalization of background checks for certain Federal jobs.
  • the process of releasing a person from a facility where their freedom to leave has been restrained
  • The deinstitutionalization of minor offenders helps reduce prison overcrowding.
  • the process of reducing a person's dependence on an institutional environment
  • After thirty years in the asylum, deinstitutionalization would present many problems.