Dictionary Definition
abolition n : the act of abolishing a system or
practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery); "the
abolition of capital punishment" [syn: abolishment]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- 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.
- Note: The application of this word to persons is now unusual or obsolete.
- (often capitalised), (in British territories) The ending of the slave trade (1807) or of slavery (1833).
- (often capitalised), (in the US) the emancipation of slaves, by the Emancipation Proclamation (1863, ratified 1865).
Translations
act of abolishing
- Croatian: abolicija
- Finnish: lakkauttaminen, kumoaminen (laws), mitätöinti (debts)
- Japanese: 廃止 (はいし)
- German: Abschaffung, Aufhebung
- Portuguese: abolição
Abolition of slave trade
- Croatian: abolicija
- Finnish: orjakaupan lakkauttaminen
- German: Abschaffung des Sklavenhandels
- Portuguese: abolição
emancipation of slaves
- Croatian: abolicija
- Finnish: orjuuden lakkauttaminen, orjien vapauttaminen
- German: Abschaffung des Sklavenhandels
- Portuguese: abolição
- ttbc Esperanto: abolicio, forigo
- ttbc French: abolition
- ttbc Interlingua: abolition
- ttbc Italian: abolizione
- ttbc Slovak: zrušenie
- ttbc Spanish: abolición
- ttbc Vietnamese: sự thủ tiêu, sự bãi bỏ, sự huỷ bỏ
- Volapük: säkib, finid
References
- Webster 1913
Extensive Definition
Abolish is the act of formally repealing an existing practice
legal means, either by making it illegal, or simply no longer
allowing it to exist in any form.
Famous things that have been abolished include:
- slavery; see Abolitionism
- the Soviet Union
- alcohol; see Prohibition
- numerous monarchies
Issue that are topics of debate over their
possible abolition include:
- suffering; see also: Abolitionism (bioethics)
- the death penalty
- deportations
- aging
- imprisonment
- speciesism
- abortion
- firearms ownership and the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution
- religion
- Age of Consent
- nationalism
- government
- the legal status of animals as property; see Abolitionism (animal rights)
A common and usually uncontroversial act of
abolition is the abolition of electoral districts during
redistricting.
abolition in French: Abolition
abolition in Dutch: Abolitionisme
abolition in Portuguese: Abolição
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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