INTERLINGUA-ANGLESE[]
abolition n abolition, abolishment
ANGLESE-INTERLINGUA[]
abolition (abolishment) n abolition
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Etymology[]
Latin abolitio, from abolere: compare French abolition. See abolish.
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Abolition ({{{1}}})
- 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.
- Note: The application of this word to persons is now unusual or obsolete.
- (often capitalised), (in British territories) The ending of the slave trade (1807) or of slavery (1833).
- (often capitalised), (in the US) the emancipation of slaves, by the Emancipation Proclamation (1863, ratified 1865).
Translations[]
act of abolishing
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Abolition of slave trade
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emancipation of slaves
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References[]
- Abolition in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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Noun[]
Abolition f. (plural Abolitions)
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