Abolition - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˌæbəˈlɪʃn|  American pronunciation of the word abolition
Brit.  |æbəˈlɪʃ(ə)n|  British pronunciation of the word abolition

noun

- the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery) (syn: abolishment)
the abolition of capital punishment

Extra examples

...calls for the abolition of the death penalty...

The paralysis must have been due to an abolition of sensation.

Anarchists advocate the abolition of the state.

...a social and political environment that would later become a seedbed of the abolition movement...

They demand the outright and immediate abolition of the tax on children's clothes.

The final blow for many firms was the government's abolition of import duties.

His most significant political achievement was the abolition of the death penalty.

They are campaigning for the abolition of the death penalty [against the death penalty].

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