Word Meanings - ABOLITION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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

Additional info about word: 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 this word to persons is now unusual or obsolete

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ABOLITION)

• Abrogation
• Abolition
• repeal
• discontinuance
• disestablishment
• Extermination
• Eradication
• extirpation
• abolition
• destruction

Related words: (words related to ABOLITION)

• REPEALABILITY
  The quality or state of being repealable.
• ABOLITIONIST
  A person who favors the abolition of any institution, especially negro slavery.
• DISESTABLISHMENT
  1. The act or process of unsettling or breaking up that which has been established; specifically, the withdrawal of the support of the state from an established church; as, the disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish Church by
• REPEAL
  re- re- + OF. apeler, F. appeler, to call, L. appellare. See Appeal, 1. To recall; to summon again, as persons. The banished Bolingbroke repeals himself, And with uplifted arms is safe arrived. Shak. 2. To recall, as a deed, will, law, or statute;
• EXTIRPATION
  The act of extirpating or rooting out, or the state of being extirpated; eradication; excision; total destruction; as, the extirpation of weeds from land, of evil from the heart, of a race of men, of heresy.
• 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
• 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
• EXTERMINATION
  Elimination. (more info) 1. The act of exterminating; total destruction; eradication; excision; as, the extermination of inhabitants or tribes, of error or vice, or of weeds from a field.
• 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
• REPEALABLE
  Capable of being repealed. -- Re*peal"a*ble*ness, n. Syn. -- Revocable; abrogable; voidable; reversible.
• ABOLITIONIZE
  To imbue with the principles of abolitionism. Bartlett.
• ERADICATION
  1. The act of plucking up by the roots; a rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction. 2. The state of being plucked up by the roots.
• REPEALER
  One who repeals; one who seeks a repeal; specifically, an advocate for the repeal of the Articles of Union between Great Britain and Ireland.
• REPEALMENT
  Recall, as from banishment.
• DISCONTINUANCE
  1. The act of discontinuing, or the state of being discontinued; want of continued connection or continuity; breaking off; cessation; interruption; as, a discontinuance of conversation or intercourse; discontinuance of a highway or of travel. A
• ABROGATION
  The act of abrogating; repeal by authority. Hume.
• ABOLITIONISM
  The principles or measures of abolitionists. Wilberforce.
• IRREPEALABLE
  Not repealable; not capable of being repealed or revoked, as a law. -- Ir`re*peal"a*ble*ness, n. -- Ir`re*peal"a*bly, adv.
• SELF-DESTRUCTION
  The destruction of one's self; self-murder; suicide. Milton.
• IRREPEALABILITY
  The quality or state of being irrepealable.