abolition
noun
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revocation, eradication, dissolution, overthrow, abrogation, annulment, destruction, withdrawal, elimination, termination, repeal, nullification, cancellation, abolishment, subversion, end, invalidation, negation, ending, annihilationExamples from the Web for abolition
Contemporary Examples of abolition
A foreigner such as Bartholdi viewed the abolition of slavery as Liberty achieved in the United States.
And while abolition of the air force is unlikely, the factions that believe in the primacy of boots on the ground are influential.
The acting President vetoed the abolition but the parliamentary move still rankles in Crimea.
Why isn't his first step the abolition of the State Department's outrageous program of state-sponsored serfdom?
There is no goal of the abolition of the State of Israel, or even its transformation into one secular democratic state.
Historical Examples of abolition
Among the first to espouse the abolition doctrines was Judge Tilden.
Cleveland Past and PresentMaurice Joblin
Will you then ostracize the South and compel the abolition of slavery?
Slavery Ordained of GodRev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.
Elijah Lovejoy, an Illinois abolition editor, was killed by a mob.
The Nation in a NutshellGeorge Makepeace Towle
To the last he held to the great object of his life—the abolition of slavery.
Self-HelpSamuel Smiles
This is to prevent emancipation, as they call it, or abolition, I know not which.
Homeward BoundJames Fenimore Cooper