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Noun: abolition  `a-bu'li-shun
  1. The act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery)
    "the abolition of capital punishment"
    - abolishment

Derived forms: abolitions

See also: abolish, abolitionary

Type of: conclusion, ending, termination

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