廃止
はいし · haishi · JLPT N1 · noun
abolition
🛑 廃 (abolish) + 止 (stop): ending a law or system by stopping it for good
廃 means abolish or discard, and 止 means stop or halt. Together, 廃止 means formally ending a law, system, or institution. It is used for both abolition and repeal.
止 — pictograph of a foot/toe
止 originally depicted a human foot with toes, shown as a footprint on the ground. From this concrete image of a foot it came to mean 'to stop' or 'halt' — the place where a step ends. It also serves as a component in many characters relating to feet, walking, or stopping, such as 步 and 正.