abolition
noun
the act of abolishing or the state of being abolished: the abolition of capital punishment;
abolitionary
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a word derived from
abolition.
Example Sentences
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The West Indians have taken such an attitude of desperation that the Government is somewhat alarmed, and seems disposed to pause at the adoption of its abolitionary measures.
From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II by Henry Reeve
