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Abolishment

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the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The act of abolishing or of putting an end to; abrogation; destruction; abolition.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

Word Usage

"I would venture to guess that the reason why Selwyn Duke did not labor to provide a definition of "bigoted" in his last piece is becasue "bigoted" is already a defined word - even despite not having been analyzed and then completely re-defined by Dr. Kerwick in such a way that justifies its abolishment from the English vocabulary."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

termination conclusion ending

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

abolition destruction

Same Context

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disendowment extinguishment reintroduction unlawfulness ramping