Abolition

Noun

 * 1) The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of slavery or the slave trade; the abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc.
 * 2) (often capitalised), (in British territories) The ending of the slave trade (1807) or of slavery (1833).
 * 3) (often capitalised), (in the US) the emancipation of slaves, by the Emancipation Proclamation (1863, ratified 1865).

Adjectives for Abolition
projected; forcible; universal; virtual; effectual; ultimate;  immediate;  instantaneous; gradual.

Thesaurus
abolishment; abrogation; annihilation; annulment; cancel; canceling; cancellation; cassation; choking; choking off; countermand; counterorder; defeasance; deracination; destruction; elimination; end; eradication; extermination; extinction; extinguishment; extirpation; invalidation; liquidation; negation; nullification; purge; recall; recantation; renege; repeal; repudiation; rescinding; rescindment; rescission; retraction; reversal; revocation; revoke; revokement; rooting out; setting aside; silencing; snuffing out; stifling; strangulation; suffocation; suppression; suspension; termination; uprooting; vacation; vacatur; voidance; voiding; waiver; waiving; withdrawal; write-off

Etymology
Latin abolitio, from abolere: compare French abolition. See abolish.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Croatian:
 * Finnish:, kumoaminen (laws), mitätöinti (debts)
 * French: abolition
 * German: ,


 * Haitian Creole:
 * Japanese: (はいし)
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: abolición
 * Swedish: motstånd


 * Croatian:
 * Finnish: orjakaupan lakkauttaminen


 * German: Abschaffung des Sklavenhandels
 * Portuguese: abolição


 * Croatian:
 * Finnish: orjuuden lakkauttaminen, orjien vapauttaminen


 * German: Abschaffung des Sklavenhandels
 * Portuguese: abolição


 * : abolicio, forigo
 * : abolition
 * : abolition
 * : abolizione
 * : zrušenie
 * : sự thủ tiêu, sự bãi bỏ, sự huỷ bỏ
 * : säkib, finid

Noun

 * 1) abolition.