Word Meanings - ABOLISHMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction. Hooker.

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• ABOLITIONIST
  A person who favors the abolition of any institution, especially negro slavery.
• ABOLISHMENT
  The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction. Hooker.
• ABOLISH
  1. To do away with wholly; to annul; to make void; -- said of laws, customs, institutions, governments, etc.; as, to abolish slavery, to abolish folly. 2. To put an end to, or destroy, as a physical objects; to wipe out. And with thy blood abolish
• ABOLITION
  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
• ABOLISHABLE
  Capable of being abolished.
• DESTRUCTIONIST
  One who believes in the final destruction or complete annihilation of the wicked; -- called also annihilationist. Shipley. (more info) 1. One who delights in destroying that which is valuable; one whose principles and influence tend to destroy
• DESTRUCTION
  1. The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation. The Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction. Esth. ix. 5. 'Tis safer to be that
• ABOLITIONIZE
  To imbue with the principles of abolitionism. Bartlett.
• HOOKER
  1. One who, or that which, hooks. A Dutch vessel with two masts. A fishing boat with one mast, used on the coast of Ireland. A sailor's contemptuous term for any antiquated craft.
• ABOLISHER
  One who abolishes.
• ABOLITIONISM
  The principles or measures of abolitionists. Wilberforce.
• SELF-DESTRUCTION
  The destruction of one's self; self-murder; suicide. Milton.