aufheben

Etymology
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Verb

 * 1) to pick up (something lying on the ground)
 * 2)  to keep something for the future
 * 3) to abolish (rule, law, etc.)
 * 4) to sublate (preserve and cancel simultaneously)
 * 1) to abolish (rule, law, etc.)
 * 2) to sublate (preserve and cancel simultaneously)
 * 1) to abolish (rule, law, etc.)
 * 2) to sublate (preserve and cancel simultaneously)
 * 1) to sublate (preserve and cancel simultaneously)
 * 1) to sublate (preserve and cancel simultaneously)
 * 1) to sublate (preserve and cancel simultaneously)

Usage notes

 * There is little if any room for confusion between the senses “keep” and “abolish” since the former is used with material things and the latter with immaterial things.