abolition
IPA: æbʌɫˈɪʃʌn
noun
- The act of abolishing; an annulling; abrogation.
- The state of being abolished.
- (historical, often capitalised, UK, US) The ending of the slave trade or of slavery.
- (historical, often capitalised, Australia) The ending of convict transportation.
- (obsolete) An amnesty; a putting out of memory.
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Examples of "abolition" in Sentences
- This led to the abolition of the system.
- He supports the abolition of the monarchy.
- Lovejoy was the first martyr of the abolition movement.
- Rousseau was the first to prescribe the abolition of the city.
- Also the concentration of abolition in the US isn't justified.
- The abolition of the Overseas Trade Department was recommended.
- At the screening he pleaded for the abolition of atomic weapons.
- It was the abolition of the slave trade, not the abolition of slavery.
- In practice, the economics of the abolition are difficult to quantify.
- Emancipation Day is a remembrance of the abolition of Chattel Slavery.