Definitions for Abolition
ˌæb əˈlɪʃ ənabo·li·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. abolition, abolishmentnoun

   the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery)

   "the abolition of capital punishment"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. abolitionnoun

   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. abolitionnoun

   The ending of the slave trade (1807) or of slavery (1833).

3. abolitionnoun

   The emancipation of slaves, by the Emancipation Proclamation (1863, ratified 1865).

4. Etymology: * First attested in 1529.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Abolitionnoun

   The act of abolishing. This is now more frequently used than abolishment.

   Etymology: from abolish.

   From the total abolition of the popular power, may be dated the ruin of Rome: for had the reducing hereof to its ancient condition, proposed by Agrippa, been accepted instead of Mæcenas’s model, that state might have continued unto this day. Nehemiah Grew, Cosmologia Sacra, b. iii. c. 4.

   An apoplexy is a sudden abolition of all the senses, external and internal, and of all voluntary motion, by the stoppage of the flux and reflux of the animal spirits through the nerves destined for those motions. John Arbuthnot, on Diet.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Abolitionnoun

   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. Etymology: [L. abolitio, fr. abolere: cf. F. abolition. See Abolish.]

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British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Abolition' in Nouns Frequency: #2763

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Abolition in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Abolition in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Abolition in a Sentence

1. Yun Ji-yeong:

   Since the abolition of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family is one of the most important promises, I think that it will probably be implemented as a tangible action first, in that case, I have a concern that gender conflict and women's human rights may go further backward.

2. Solomon B Taiwo:

   Learning about our history and diving deep in Enslaved, opened my eyes to a new way of thinking. Playing my character really inspired me – he was an author who had a role in the abolition of slavery and even signed the document.

3. Dominic Raab:

   We want a good deal with EU partners and friends but that must involve the abolition of the undemocratic backstop, what the prime minister has instructed and the cabinet has accepted is a turbo-charging of those preparations.

4. Pope Francis:

   I make an appeal to the conscience of all rulers, so that we can achieve an international consensus for the abolition of the death penalty.

5. Václav Havel:

   A state that denies its citizens their basic rights becomes a danger to its neighbors as well: internal arbitrary rule will be reflected in arbitrary external relations. The suppression of public opinion, the abolition of public competition for power and its public exercise opens the way for the state power to arm itself in any way it sees fit. A state that does not hesitate to lie to its own people will not hesitate to lie to other states.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Abolition
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Abolition
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Abolition
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Abolition