continuation or abolition; existence or discontinuation
Refers to the decision or debate over whether to keep or abolish a system, institution, law, etc. Often used in formal, political, or administrative contexts.
Debate continues over whether to keep or abolish the system.
The committee will decide on the continuation or abolition of the project.
Debate continues in the Diet over whether to keep or abolish that system.
The committee is considering whether to keep or abolish this rule.
Because of the declining birth rate, the question of whether the school should be kept or closed is being raised.
廃止 is the concrete act of abolishing something, whereas 存廃 refers to the open question of keeping or abolishing it.
存否 asks whether something exists at all, while 存廃 asks whether an existing system should be kept or abolished.
question of whether to keep or abolish
Compound of 存 (exist, keep) and 廃 (abolish, discontinue). The reading そんぱい uses the on'yomi of both characters.