Violate vs Abolish - What's the difference?
violate | abolish |
To break, disregard, disagree or not act according to (rules, conventions, etc.).
To rape.
To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
* 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.
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As verbs the difference between violate and abolish
is that violate is {{cx|sometimes|computing|lang=en}} To break, disregard, disagree or not act according to (rules, conventions, etc.) while abolish is to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.violate
English
Verb
(violat)- The program tried to write to privileged memory, so it was flagged with a protect violate error.
- Accessing unauthorized files violates security protocol.
Derived terms
* violation * violable * violativeAntonyms
* comply * obeyExternal links
* * ----abolish
English
Verb
(es)- Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century.
- And with thy blood abolish so reproachful blot.
- His quick instinctive hand Caught at the hilt, as to abolish him.