abolition

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The ending of the slave trade (1807) or of slavery (1833)
the emancipation of slaves, by the Emancipation Proclamation (1863, ratified 1865)
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.

{n} the act of repealing
the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery); "the abolition of capital punishment"
{i} cancellation, annulment; outlawing of slavery in the United States
(in the US) the emancipation of slaves, by the Emancipation Proclamation (1863, ratified 1865)
(in British territories) The ending of the slave trade (1807) or of slavery (1833)
The abolition of something such as a system or practice is its formal ending. the abolition of slavery in Brazil and the Caribbean. when a law or a system is officially ended abolition of
the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery); "the abolition of capital punishment
abolition of law
cancellation of a law, annulment of a law (Legal)
abolition
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