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abolition
[ ab-uh-lish-uhn ]
noun
- the act of abolishing or the state of being abolished: the abolition of capital punishment;
the abolition of war;
the abolition of capital punishment;
the abolition of unfair taxes.
Synonyms: , , , , , ,
Antonyms:
- the legal prohibition of slavery, especially the institutional enslavement of Black people in the U.S.
abolition
/ 藢忙产蓹藞濒瑟蕛蓹苍 /
noun
- the act of abolishing or the state of being abolished; annulment
- often capital (in British territories) the ending of the slave trade (1807) or the ending of slavery (1833): accomplished after a long campaign led by William Wilberforce
- often capital (in the US) the emancipation of the slaves, accomplished by the Emancipation Proclamation issued in 1863 and ratified in 1865
Derived Forms
- 藢补产辞藞濒颈迟颈辞苍颈蝉迟, nounadjective
- 藢补产辞藞濒颈迟颈辞苍颈蝉尘, noun
- 藢补产辞藞濒颈迟颈辞苍补谤测, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 补产顎卭路濒颈顎僼颈辞苍路补谤顎厃 adjective
- 苍辞苍顎卆产路辞路濒颈顎僼颈辞苍 noun
- 辫谤辞顎卆产路辞路濒颈顎僼颈辞苍 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of abolition1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of abolition1
Example Sentences
Among those demands is a call for the abolition of the Northwest Detention Center and of U.S.
It was also the week that Bill Kristol, onetime leading 鈥淣ew Right鈥 intellectual, called for the abolition of ICE.
To me, that鈥檚 evocative of what abolition means; it鈥檚 the capacity to exist together, and to break apart the rigid ways that we contain and police ourselves.
They were for the immediate abolition of slavery and for Black rights, but they formed alliances with anti-slavery moderates and politicians who didn't want to go beyond the non-expansion of slavery.
"Many have taken non-violent direct action over the centuries from the abolition of slavery to women's suffrage and prison reform."
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