abolition

English

Etymology

First attested in 1529. Either from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French (deprecated template usage) abolition, or directly from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin abolitiō, from aboleō (“destroy”). Compare French (deprecated template usage) abolition. See abolish.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˌæb.əˈlɪʃ.n̩/

Noun

abolition (plural abolitions)

1. 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. [First attested around the early 16^th century.]
2. (deprecated template usage) (historical, often capitalised, UK, US) The ending of the slave trade or of slavery. [First attested around the early 18^th century.]
3. (deprecated template usage) (historical, often capitalised, Australia) The ending of convict transportation. [First attested around the late 18^th century.]
4. (deprecated template usage) (obsolete) An amnesty; a putting out of memory. [Attested from the early 17^th century to the early 19^th century.]

Usage notes

The application of this word to persons is now unusual or obsolete.

Antonyms

• (act of abolishing): establishment, foundation

Translations

act of abolishing

• Arabic: إِلْغَاء m (ʔilḡāʔ), اِبْطَال m (ibṭāl)

  Egyptian Arabic: إلغاء m (ʔelğaaʔ), إبطال m (ʔbṭaal)

• Bulgarian: премахване (bg) (premahvane), отменяне (bg) (otmenjane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 廢除／废除 (fèichú), 废除 (zh) (fèichú)

• Dutch: afschaffing (nl) m, opheffing m
• Finnish: lakkauttaminen, kumoaminen (laws), mitätöinti (debts)
• French: abolition (fr) f
• Georgian: გაუქმება (gaukmeba)
• German: Abschaffung (de) f, Aufhebung (de) f
• Greek: κατάργηση (el) f (katárgisi)
• Haitian Creole: abolisyon
• Japanese: 廃止 (ja) (haishi), 撤廃 (ja) (teppai)
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• Norwegian: abolisjon (no) m
• Portuguese: abolição (pt) f
• Romanian: abolire (ro)
• Russian: отме́на (ru) f (otména)
• Serbo-Croatian: abolícija f
• Spanish: abolición (es) f
• Swedish: motstånd (sv)

abolition of slave trade

• Armenian: աբոլիցիոնիզմ (abolicʻionizm)
• Dutch: abolitie (nl)
• Finnish: orjakaupan lakkauttaminen
• German: ^{(please verify)} Abschaffung des Sklavenhandels
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: abolição (pt) f
• Romanian: abolirea sclaviei f
• Serbo-Croatian: abolícija f

emancipation of slaves

• Finnish: orjuuden lakkauttaminen, orjien vapauttaminen
• German: ^{(please verify)} Abschaffung des Sklavenhandels
• Portuguese: abolição (pt) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Romanian: abolirea sclaviei
• Serbo-Croatian: abolícija f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} abolicio, ^{(please verify)} forigo
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} abolition
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} abolizione
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• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} zrušenie n
• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} sự thủ tiêu, ^{(please verify)} sự bãi bỏ, ^{(please verify)} sự huỷ bỏ
• Volapük: ^{(please verify)} säkib, ^{(please verify)} finid

References

• “abolition”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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French

Pronunciation

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Noun

abolition f (plural abolitions)

1. abolition.

External links

• “abolition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.