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. Danish Health Minister Sophie Lohde:

   The government of Denmark deeply regrets that the outcome document does not address the abolition of the death penalty for drug-related crimes, denmark is opposed to the death penalty in all circumstances.

2. Hiroshi Harada:

   At that moment, we saw people burned black, having their skin melted or limbs blown apart. It is unlikely that survivors would be in a cheery, welcoming mood, but President Obama would be making a very delicate political decision to come to Hiroshima. I would want to accept his visit with hopes that it will lead to the next action (for the abolition of nuclear arms).

3. Takeshi Masuda:

   If the president is coming to see what really happened here and if that constitutes a step toward the abolition of nuclear arms in future, I don't think we should demand an apology, it has been really tough for those who lost family members. But if we demand an apology, that would make it impossible for him to come.

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. Jack Markell:

   We must publicly and candidly acknowledge the lasting damage of past sins – damage that continues to reverberate more than 150 years after the abolition of slavery.

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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