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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery);
- Example: "the abolition of capital punishment"
[syn: abolition, abolishment]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Abolition \Ab"o*li"tion\, n. [L. abolitio, fr. abolere: cf. F.
   abolition. See Abolish.]
   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.
   [1913 Webster]

   Note: The application of this word to persons is now unusual
         or obsolete
         [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

abolition
    n 1: the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution
         (especially abolishing slavery); "the abolition of capital
         punishment" [syn: abolition, abolishment]