Look up: Abolition

1. abolition
   [n] - the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery)
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2. Abolition
   Ab'o·li'tion noun [ Latin abolitio , from abolere : confer French abolition . See Abolish .] The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of sl...
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3. abolition
   abolishment noun the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery); `the abolition of capital punishment`
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4. Abolition
   • (n.) 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.
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5. abolition
   abolition 1. The act of officially ending a law, a regulation, or a practice. 2. The process of doing away with or the state of being done away with; such as, an annulment.
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6. Abolition
   An act by which a thing is extinguished, abrogated or annihilated as the abolition of slavery is the destruction of slavery.
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