abolition

English edit

Etymology edit

First attested in 1529. Either from Middle French abolition, or directly from Latin abolitiō, from aboleō (“destroy”).^[1] Compare French abolition. Equivalent to abolish +‎ -tion.

Pronunciation edit

(US) IPA^(key): /ˌæb.əˈlɪʃ.n̩/
Audio (AU) (file)

Noun edit

abolition (plural abolitions)

The act of abolishing; an annulling; abrogation. [First attested around the early 16^th century.]^[2]
the abolition of debts; the abolition of laws; the abolition of slavery; the abolition of police; the abolition of taxes
The state of being abolished.
(historical, often capitalised, UK, US) The ending of the slave trade or of slavery. [First attested around the early 18^th century.]^[2]
(historical, often capitalised, Australia) The ending of convict transportation. [First attested around the late 18^th century.]^[2]
(obsolete) An amnesty; a putting out of memory. [Attested from the early 17^th century to the early 19^th century.]^[2]

Usage notes edit

The sense "amnesty", and in general any reference to "abolition of" a person, is now obsolete or unusual.

Antonyms edit

(antonym(s) of "act of abolishing"): establishment, foundation

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

act of abolishing

Arabic: إِلْغَاء (ar) m (ʔilḡāʔ), اِبْطَال m (ibṭāl)
Egyptian Arabic: إلغاء m (ʔelğaaʔ), إبطال m (ʔbṭaal)
Armenian: վերացում (hy) (veracʿum), ոչնչացում (hy) (očʿnčʿacʿum), լուծարում (hy) (lucarum)
Bulgarian: премахване (bg) (premahvane), отменяне (bg) (otmenjane)
Catalan: abolició f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 廢除／废除 (zh) (fèichú), 取消 (zh) (qǔxiāo), 禁止 (zh) (jìnzhǐ), 廢止／废止 (zh) (fèizhǐ)
Danish: afskaffelse (da)
Dutch: afschaffing (nl) m, opheffing (nl) m
Finnish: lakkauttaminen (fi), kumoaminen (fi) (laws), mitätöinti (fi) (debts)
French: abolition (fr) f
Georgian: გაუქმება (gaukmeba)
German: Abschaffung (de) f, Aufhebung (de) f
Greek: κατάργηση (el) f (katárgisi)
Haitian Creole: abolisyon
Hungarian: eltörlés (hu)
Indonesian: abolisi (id)
Italian: abolizione (it) f
Japanese: 廃止 (ja) (haishi), 撤廃 (ja) (teppai)
Latin: interitus m, abolitiō f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: avskaffelse m, abolisjonisme m
Ottoman Turkish: ابطال (ibtal)
Portuguese: abolição (pt) f
Romagnol: abuliziôn f
Romanian: abolire (ro)
Russian: отме́на (ru) f (otména)
Serbo-Croatian: ukidanje (sh) f, укидање f, ukinuće f, укинуће f
Spanish: abolición (es) f
Swedish: avskaffande (sv) n, upphävande (sv) n

abolition of slavery and the slave trade

Catalan: abolició f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 廢除奴隸制／废除奴隶制 (fèichú núlìzhì), 廢奴／废奴 (fèinú)
Dutch: abolitie (nl)
Finnish: orjakaupan lakkauttaminen, orjuuden lakkauttaminen, orjien vapauttaminen
German: Abschaffung (der Sklaverei / des Sklavenhandels)
Hungarian: rabszolga-felszabadítás, a rabszolgaság eltörlése
Norwegian:
Bokmål: abolisjonisme m
Portuguese: abolição (pt) f
Romanian: abolirea sclaviei f
Serbo-Croatian: abolícija (sh) f, аболи́ција f
Spanish: abolición (es) f
Swedish: abolition (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} abolicio (eo), ^{(please verify)} forigo
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} abolition (ia)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} abolizione (it)
Slovak: ^{(please verify)} zrušenie n
Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} sự thủ tiêu, ^{(please verify)} sự bãi bỏ, ^{(please verify)} sự huỷ bỏ
Volapük: ^{(please verify)} säkib (vo), ^{(please verify)} finid (vo)

References edit

^ Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], →ISBN), page 3-4
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 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.