How to say "abolition" in Japanese

• 廃止はいしJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe broadest of these: abolition or discontinuance of a law, system, institution, or practice. When 'abolition' means officially ending something, this is the word that covers it.
  アメリカは奴隷制どれいせいを廃止はいしした。↗

  America did away with slavery.
• 廃絶はいぜつCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbAbolition as total elimination: wiping something out completely so that it no longer exists anywhere, rather than merely discontinuing it.
  私達わたしたちは核兵器かくへいきの廃絶はいぜつを願ねがっている。↗

  All of us would like to get rid of nuclear weapons.
• 取り消しとりけしCommon
  nounReally 'cancellation' or 'revocation': undoing a decision, order, or statement. Its 'abolition' gloss covers only this revoking sense; it is not the word for abolishing a law or system.
• 撤廃てっぱいCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbFormal abolition or repeal of laws, regulations, or institutional arrangements; it carries an official, legal flavor of annulling or rescinding something that was formally in place.
  彼女かのじょは女性じょせい差別さべつ撤廃てっぱいを主張しゅちょうした。↗

  She advocated equal rights for women.
• 廃棄はいきJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbNot abolition of laws or systems: this means disposal, discarding, or scrapping of physical things (and, by extension, abandonment). For 'abolition' it is seldom the word you want.
  もう一ひとつの面白おもしろいエネルギー源えねるぎーげんは、放射能ほうしゃのうの廃棄はいき物質ぶっしつから取り出とりだせる熱ねつである。↗

  Another interesting source of energy is the heat that can be recovered from radioactive waste material.

Use 廃止 for the general abolition of laws, systems, or practices, 撤廃 for formal repeal or annulment, 廃絶 for total elimination, 「取り消し」 for revoking a decision, and 廃棄 for physical disposal.

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• 廃止はいしabolition
• 廃絶はいぜつabolition
• 取り消しとりけしcancellation
• 撤廃てっぱいannulment
• 廃棄はいきdisposal