abolition
/ˌæb.əˈlɪʃ.ən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.51 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act of abolishing; an annulling; abrogation.
noun
The state of being abolished.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
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- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *h₃olh₁-éye-ti 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.
Usage
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- Obsolete