abolition

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *h₃elh₁-der. Proto-Italic *olō Proto-Italic *oleō ? Latin aboleō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin abolitiōnemlbor. Old French abolucion Middle French abolitionbor. English abolition Borrowed from Middle French abolition, from Old French abolucion, a learned borrowing from Latin abolitiōnem. First attested in 1529. Equivalent to abolish + -tion.

1. The act of abolishing; an annulling; abrogation.

   “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.”

2. The state of being abolished.
3. The ending of the slave trade or of slavery.
4. The ending of convict transportation.
5. An amnesty; a putting out of memory.