förkasta — meaning in English

English meaning

• abolish verb To officially end a law, system, or practice.
• spurn verb To reject something or someone with contempt or disdain.

Senses

förkasta is used for these senses in English:

• abolish To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]
• spurn (ambitransitive) To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.
• turn down (idiomatic) To refuse, decline, or deny.

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