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:
Abolishment \A*bol"ish*ment\ (-ment), n. [Cf. F. abolissement.]
The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction. --Hooker.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
abolishment
n 1: the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution
(especially abolishing slavery); "the abolition of capital
punishment" [syn: abolition, abolishment]