abolition
English
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Borrowed from Middle French abolition, from Old French abolucion, a learned borrowing from Latin abolitiōnem. First attested in 1529. Equivalent to abolish + -tion.
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editabolition (plural abolitions)
- The act of abolishing; an annulling; abrogation. [First attested around the early 16th century.][1]
- Synonyms: annulment, devalidation, revocation; see also Thesaurus:invalidation
- Antonyms: establishment, foundation
- the abolition of debts; the abolition of laws; the abolition of slavery; the abolition of police; the abolition of taxes
- The campaign for the abolition of slavery changed the course of history.
- 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 130:
- He also formulated at this early stage the idea of socialism, not as the replacement of one type of political life by another but as the abolition of politics altogether.
- The state of being abolished.
- (historical, often capitalised, UK, US) The ending of the slave trade or of slavery. [First attested around the early 18th century.][1]
- (historical, often capitalised, Australia) The ending of convict transportation. [First attested around the late 18th century.][1]
- (obsolete) An amnesty; a putting out of memory. [Attested from the early 17th century to the early 19th century.][1]
Usage notes
editThe sense "amnesty", and in general any reference to "abolition of" a person, is now obsolete or unusual.
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editact of abolishing
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abolition of slavery and the slave trade
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References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abolition”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.
- “abolition”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
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editLearned borrowing from Latin abolitiōnem.
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editabolition f (plural abolitions)
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edit- “abolition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
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