ABOLISHMENT
abolition, abolishment
(noun) the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery); “the abolition of capital punishment”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
abolishment (countable and uncountable, plural abolishments)
The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction. [First attested from the mid 16th century.]
Source: Wiktionary
A*bol"ish*ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. abolissement.]
Definition: The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction. Hooker.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INITIALISM
(noun) an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately; “HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language”
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