abolition

First attested in 1529. Either from Middle French abolition, or directly from Latin abolitiō, from aboleō (“destroy”).[1] Compare French abolition. Equivalent to abolish +‎ -tion.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌæb.əˈlɪʃ.n̩/

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abolition (plural abolitions)

1. The act of abolishing; an annulling; abrogation. [First attested around the early 16^th century.][2]

   the abolition of debts; the abolition of laws; the abolition of slavery; the abolition of police; the abolition of taxes

2. The state of being abolished.
3. (historical, often capitalised, UK, US) The ending of the slave trade or of slavery. [First attested around the early 18^th century.][2]
4. (historical, often capitalised, Australia) The ending of convict transportation. [First attested around the late 18^th century.][2]
5. (obsolete) An amnesty; a putting out of memory. [Attested from the early 17^th century to the early 19^th century.][2]

The sense "amnesty", and in general any reference to "abolition of" a person, is now obsolete or unusual.

• (antonym(s) of “act of abolishing”): establishment, foundation

• “abolition”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

From Latin abolitionem.

• IPA^(key): /a.bɔ.li.sjɔ̃/

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abolition f (plural abolitions)

1. abolition

• abolitionnisme
• abolitionniste

• abolir

• “abolition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.