abolition

Etymology
First attested in 1529. Either from, or directly from , from. Compare French. Equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1) The act of abolishing; an annulling; abrogation.
 * 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.
 * 1)  An amnesty; a putting out of memory.

Usage notes
The sense "amnesty", and in general any reference to "abolition of" a person, is now obsolete or unusual.

Translations

 * Arabic:, اِبْطَال
 * Egyptian Arabic: إلغاء, إبطال
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: abolició
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: გაუქმება
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Haitian Creole: abolisyon
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Latin: interitus, abolitiō
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: avskaffelse, abolisjonisme
 * Ottoman Turkish: ابطال
 * Portuguese:
 * Romagnol: abuliziôn
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:, укидање, ukinuće, укинуће
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Catalan: abolició
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 廢除奴隸制, 廢奴
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: orjakaupan lakkauttaminen, orjuuden lakkauttaminen, orjien vapauttaminen
 * German: Abschaffung (der Sklaverei / des Sklavenhandels)
 * Hungarian: rabszolga-felszabadítás, a rabszolgaság eltörlése
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: abolisjonisme
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: abolirea sclaviei
 * Serbo-Croatian:, аболи́ција
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Esperanto: ,
 * Interlingua:
 * Italian:
 * Slovak:
 * Vietnamese:, ,
 * Volapük: ,

Etymology
From.