abolition
noun
1 abolition
The act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery):
— The abolition of capital punishment.
synonym: abolishment.
Roget 756:
abrogation,
annulment,
nullification,
recision;
vacatur [Lat.];
canceling
etc.
v.;
cancel;
revocation,
revokement†;
repeal,
rescission,
defeasance.
dismissal,
conge [Fr.],
demission†;
bounce [U.S.];
deposal,
deposition;
dethronement;
disestablishment,
disendowment†;
deconsecration;
sack [Slang],
walking papers,
pink slip,
walking ticket;
yellow cover [Slang].
abolition,
abolishment;
dissolution.
counter order,
countermand;
repudiation,
retraction,
retractation†;
recantation
etc.
(tergiversation)
607;
abolitionist.
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Roget 162:
destruction;
waste,
dissolution,
breaking up;
diruption†,
disruption;
consumption;
disorganization.
fall,
downfall,
devastation,
ruin,
perdition,
crash;
eboulement [Fr.],
smash,
havoc,
delabrement [Fr.],
debacle;
break down,
break up,
fall apart;
prostration;
desolation,
bouleversement [Fr.],
wreck,
wrack,
shipwreck,
cataclysm;
washout.
extinction,
annihilation;
destruction of life
etc.
361;
knock-down blow;
doom,
crack of doom.
destroying
etc.
v.;
demolition,
demolishment;
overthrow,
subversion,
suppression;
abolition
etc.
(abrogation)
756;
biblioclasm†;
sacrifice;
ravage,
razzia†;
inactivation;
incendiarism;
revolution
etc.
146;
extirpation
etc.
(extraction)
301;
beginning of the end,
commencement de la fin [Fr.],
road to ruin;
dilapidation
etc.
(deterioration)
659;
sabotage.
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Dutch: opheffing, abolitie, afschaffing, suppressie
Polish: abolicja
Moby thesaurus: abolishment, abrogation, annihilation, annulment, cancel, canceling, cancellation, cassation, choking, choking off, countermand, counterorder, defeasance, deracination, destruction, elimination, end, eradication, extermination, extinction, extinguishment, extirpation, invalidation, liquidation, negation, nullification, purge, recall, recantation, renege, repeal, repudiation, rescinding, rescindment, rescission, retraction, reversal, revocation, revoke, revokement, rooting out, setting aside, silencing, snuffing out, stifling, strangulation, suffocation, suppression, suspension, termination, uprooting, vacation, vacatur, voidance, voiding, waiver, waiving, withdrawal, write-off ... show more.
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