abolition

abolition
abolitionary, adj.
/ab'euh lish"euhn/, n.
1. the act of abolishing: the abolition of war.
2. the state of being abolished; annulment; abrogation: the abolition of unjust laws; the abolition of unfair taxes.
3. the legal prohibition and ending of slavery, esp. of slavery of blacks in the U.S.
[1520-30; < L abolition- (s. of abolitio), equiv. to abolit(us) effaced, destroyed, ptp. of abolere (cf. ABOLISH) + -ion- -ION]
Syn. 1, 2. annihilation, eradication, elimination; nullification, invalidation, revocation, repeal.
Ant. 2. establishment.

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