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
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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.