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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abolition \Ab"o*li"tion\, n. [L. abolitio, fr abolere: cf F.
abolition. See {Abolish}.]
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
Note: The application of this word to persons is now unusual
or obsolete
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
abolition
n : the act of abolishing [syn: {abolishment}]
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