Abolition

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of doing away with or the state of being done away with; annulment.
  • n. Abolishment of slavery.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; annulment; abrogation; utter destruction: as, the abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, rites, customs, debts, etc.; the abolition of slavery.
  • n. In law: Permission to desist from further prosecution.
  • n. Remission of punishment; condonation.
  • 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)
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    termination    conclusion    ending   
    Synonym
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    annulling    abrogation   
    Rhyme
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