abolition

Betekenis (Engels)

1. The act of abolishing; an annulling; abrogation.
2. The state of being abolished.
3. (UK, US, capitalized, historical, often) The ending of the slave trade or of slavery.
4. (Australia, capitalized, historical, often) The ending of convict transportation.
5. (obsolete) An amnesty; a putting out of memory.

Sinonieme

abrogation

abolishment

annulment

cancellation

removal

repeal

deletion

destruction

abandonment

eradication

rescission

disuse

elimination

voidance

deposal

extinction

annihilation

negation

recision

recission

remotion

retraction

reversal

revocation

scrap

stoppage

stopping

suppression

termination

supersession

disappear-ance

making void

stop

🛑

rendering futile

ablation

avoidance

closure

cutting out

derogation

discontinuance

disestablishment

excision

expiation

expunging

invalidation

liquidation

nullification

obsolescence

obsoleteness

omission

Vertalings

abolición

abolizione

Abschaffung

Aufhebung

abolição

abolition

afschaffing

κατάργηση

abrogazione

abrogatio

abrogation

abolicio

annulation

Abolition

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˌæb.əˈlɪʃ.n̩/

Etimologie (Engels)

First attested in 1529. Either from Middle French abolition, or directly from Latin abolitiō, from aboleō (“destroy”). Compare French abolition. Equivalent to abolish + -tion.