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Definition of Abolition

Abolition
Abolition Ab"o*li"tion, n. [L. abolitio, fr. abolere: cf. F. abolition. See Abolish.] 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

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- Abolitionism, abolition of slavery Abolition of the death penalty, also called capital punishment Abolition of monarchy Abolition of nuclear weapons Abolition of...
- Abolitionism, or the abolitionist movement, is the movement to end slavery and liberate enslaved individuals around the world. The first country to fully...
- The abolition of slavery occurred at different times in different countries. It frequently occurred sequentially in more than one stage – for example...
- "The Abolition of Work" is an essay written by Bob Black in 1985. It was part of Black's first book, an anthology of essays entitled The Abolition of Work...
- Abolition Feminism is a branch of feminism that calls for the elimination of the prison industrial complex. The term was coined by thinkers Angela Y,...
- clergymen, among them Abraham Lincoln and Ralph Waldo Emerson. The growing abolition movement sought to gradually or immediately end slavery in the United...
- The Abolition of Man is a 1943 book by C. S. Lewis. Subtitled "Reflections on education with special reference to the teaching of English in the upper...
- In the United States, abolitionism, the movement that sought to end slavery in the country, was active from the colonial era until the American Civil War...
- During the French Revolution, the proclamation of the abolition of the monarchy (French: Proclamation de l'abolition de la royauté) was a proclamation...
- The Abolition of Britain: From Lady Chatterley to Tony Blair (reissued in 2018 with the subtitle From Winston Churchill to Theresa May; US subtitle: From...