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abolition Definition

abo·li·tion (ab′ə lis̸h′ən)

noun

  1. an abolishing or being abolished
  2. the abolishing of slavery in the U.S.

Etymology: Fr or L

abolition Related Forms
ab′o·li′·tion·ar′y adjective
abolition Synonyms

abolition

n.

  1. The act of abolishing

    annulment, eradication, overthrow; see cancellation, destruction 1, repeal.

  2. The abolition of slavery; sometimes capitalized

    emancipation, manumission, enfranchisement; see freeing.

abolition Law Definition

n

  1. The act of abolishing.
  2. The legal abolition and prohibition of slavery.
  3. The abolition of slavery in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
abolition Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • slavery: The abolition of slavery itself would hardly have been possible.
  • monarchy: Are you for or against the abolition of the British Monarchy?
  • episcopacy: January 30 ( Monday ) The Lords pass the Bill for the abolition of episcopacy.
  • vivisection: There is NO alternative to the animal model except abolition of vivisection.
  • punishment: The case became famous and was used as a strong reason for calling for the abolition of capital punishment.

Converse of object

  • proclaim: Thomas Andrews, newly appointed Lord Mayor of London, proclaims the abolition of the Monarchy.
  • advocate: Letters to W. R. K. Douglas, Esq. , M.P. , advocating the abolition of Commercial Restrictions, 1820.
  • commemorate: Anti-Slavery Pottery Figure makes £ 4,800 at Auction This poignant pottery figure was made to commemorate the abolition of the slave trade by Parliament.
  • propose: The meeting got off to a lively start with the first motion proposing the abolition of the Men's Officer.
  • oppose: Simon Hopkins wrote: I think the majority ( especially if you include undergrads and fellows ) would oppose the abolition of gowns.
  • recommend: This independent review also recommended the abolition of up front tuition fees.

Adjective modifier

  • eventual: He says the Ministry's purpose would be ' the eventual abolition of war ' .
  • gradual: The gradual abolition of due process is opening our homes to quite casual searches.
  • feudal: Further, the Keeper can continue to enter burdens in the title sheet even if they have been extinguished by feudal abolition.
  • outright: Weakened through years of underfunding, the Welfare State faced the prospect of outright abolition.
  • immediate: He called for the immediate abolition of imprisonment for teenage girls.
  • ultimate: He was publicly executed amid scenes of drunkenness and disorder which contributed to the ultimate abolition of these revolting exhibitions.

Modifies a noun

  • movement: James Stephen was the lawyer of the abolition movement.
  • act: He was 72 when the abolition act was finally passed.
abolition Quotes

What I did that was new was to prove that the existence of classes is only bound up with particular, historical phases in the development of production; that the class struggle necessarily leads to the dictatorship of the proletariat; and that dictatorship itself only constitutes the transition to the abolition of all classes and to a classless society.

—Marx, Karl Heinrich

My political opinions lean more and more to anarchy (philosophically understood, meaning abolition of control not whiskered men with bombs)† The most improper job of any man is bossing other men.

—Tolkien,J(ohn) R(onald) R(euel)

We are nearer today to the ideal of the abolition of poverty and fear from the lives of men and women than ever before in any land.

—Hoover, Herbert Clark

   ThetheoryoftheCommunistsmay be summedup inthe single sentence: Abolition of private property.

—Marx, Karl Heinrich

I am sure that the immediate abolition of the slave trade is the first, the principal, the most indispensable act of policy, of dutyand of justice the legislature of this country has to take, if it is indeed their wish to secure those important objects† For we continue to this hour a barbarous traffic in slaves, we continue it even yet, in spite of all our great and undeniable pretensions as civilisation.

—Pitt,William known as  theYounger