n The act of
abolish |
abolishing, or the state of being
abolished; an
annul|annulling;
abrogation; utter destruction; as, the
abolition of
slavery or the slave trade; the
abolition of laws, decrees,
ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc.
(defdate|First attested around the early 16th century.)[(reference-book | last =| first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | editor =Brown, Lesley | others = | title = The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary | origdate = | origyear = 1933| origmonth = | url = | format = | accessdate = | accessyear = | accessmonth = | edition = 5th | date = | year =2003| month = | publisher =Oxford University Press | location =Oxford, UK | language = | id = | doi = | isbn =978-0-19-860575-7 | lccn = | ol = | pages =6| chapter = | chapterurl = | quote =)]