abolition

ab·o·li·tion  (b-lshn)

n.

1. The act of doing away with or the state of being done away with; annulment.

2. Abolishment of slavery.

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[Latin aboliti, abolitin-, from abolitus, past participle of abolre, to abolish; see abolish.]

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abo·lition·ary (-lsh-nr) adj.

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abolition

Noun

1. the act of doing away with something: the abolition of slavery

2. Abolition the ending of slavery

abolitionist nadj

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

abolition - the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery); "the abolition of capital punishment" abolishment ending, termination, conclusion - the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement"

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abolition

noun eradication, ending, end, withdrawal, destruction, removal, overturning, wiping out, overthrow, voiding, extinction, repeal, elimination, cancellation, suppression, quashing, termination, stamping out, subversion, extermination, annihilation, blotting out, repudiation, erasure, annulment, obliteration, revocation, effacement, nullification, abrogation, rescission, extirpation, invalidation, vitiation, expunction

Translations

abolition [æbəuˈlɪʃən] n → supresión f; abolición f

abolition [æbəˈlɪʃən] n → abolition f

abolition [æbəˈlɪʃən] abolish n → Abschaffung f

abolition [æbəuˈlɪʃən] n → abolizione f