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
abolition (plural abolitions)
The act of abolishing; an annulling; abrogation [First attested around the early 16th century.]
The state of being abolished
(historical, often capitalised, UK, US) The ending of the slave trade or of slavery. [First attested around the early 18th century.]
(historical, often capitalised, Australia) The ending of convict transportation. [First attested around the late 18th century.]
(obsolete) An amnesty; a putting out of memory. [Attested from the early 17th century to the early 19th century.]
The sense "amnesty", and in general any reference to "abolition of" a person, is now obsolete or unusual.
• (act of abolishing): establishment, foundation
Source: Wiktionary
Ab"o*li"tion, n. Etym: [L. abolitio, fr. abolere: cf. F. abolition. See Abolish.]
Definition: The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of slavery or the slave trade; the abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc.
Note: The application of this word to persons is now unusual or obsolete
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 November 2024
(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
