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abolition::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | abolishment |
| Type of | conclusion, ending, termination |
| Derivation | abolish, abolitionary |
the abolition of capital punishment.
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Many of the Tea Party's leading voices want an abolition of the Federal Reserve.
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The National Party suggested the abolition of the Labor-held city seat of Banks.
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Among the CPP's earliest acts was the outright abolition of regional assemblies.
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After the abolition of serfdom in 1861, savings accounts became more widespread.
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He used to call for the abolition of his department saying it served no purpose.
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Since then, Binay has been a critic of the MMDA and advocated for its abolition.
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In the 19th century wages were finally introduced with the abolition of slavery.
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The coat of arms of Urmston Urban District Council before its abolition in 1974.
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He worked especially hard for the abolition of slavery on the Caribbean islands.
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- The act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery); "the abolition of capital punishment"
- (abolitionist) a reformer who favors abolishing slavery
- Abolitionism within the animal rights movement is the idea that the legal ownership of nonhuman animals is unjust, and that it must be abolished before animal suffering can be substantially reduced. ...
- 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; , (in British territories) The ending of the slave trade (1807) or of ...
- (Abolitionist) Countries which do not employ the death penalty
- (Abolitionist) Someone who thought that slavery was wrong and should be ended. They normally felt so strongly about this that they took some kind of action. Eg getting involved in the Amistad Case.
- To abolish something is to put an end to it.
- The abolition movement consisted of organized efforts to do away with legalized slavery, in the United States. Emancipation was gained gradually in northern states, and slavery was abolished throughout the country by the Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution.
- At the outset, abolitionism was the most radical of several positions on slavery. The doctrine of "immediate emancipation," disseminated in the 1830s, was the product of eastern reformers. According to the theory of Boston's Wm. ...
