What is another word for abolition?
Synonyms for abolition
ˌæb əˈlɪʃ ənabo·li·tion
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Princeton's WordNet
abolition, abolishmentnoun
the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery)
"the abolition of capital punishment"
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abolishment
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
abolitionnoun
Synonyms:
abrogation, annulment, annulling, nullification, rescinding, revocation, cancelling, repeal, rescissionabolitionnoun
Synonyms:
destruction, overthrow, subversion, obliteration, extirpation, eradication, annihilation, extinction, extinguishment, suppression, DISESTABLISHMENT
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
abolitionnoun
Synonyms:
annulling, abrogation, destruction, abolishment, disestablishment, cancellation, extinction, nullification, rescission, revocation
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "abolition":
abolishment, abolish, deletion, elimination, removal, repeal, 'abolition, abolishing, suppression, lifting, cancellation, delete, abrogation, phasing-out, cancel, cancelled, repealing, canceling, abolitionist, discontinuation, waiver, dissolution, dismantling, scrapping, deleting, cancelling, canceled
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2377 | delete | |
#2902 | removal | |
#3439 | cancel | |
#7191 | cancellation | |
#9331 | waiver | |
#9391 | cancelled | |
#9436 | elimination | |
#10292 | lifting | |
#11274 | deletion | |
#12612 | deleting | |
#12650 | suppression | |
#16470 | canceled | |
#16588 | repeal | |
#17507 | dissolution | |
#24460 | abolition | |
#27695 | abolish | |
#29945 | canceling | |
#30770 | dismantling | |
#32856 | cancelling | |
#39177 | discontinuation | |
#39418 | repealing | |
#46733 | scrapping | |
#50039 | abolishing | |
#62450 | abolitionist | |
#85998 | abrogation | |
#107908 | abolishment |
How to use abolition in a sentence?
We want a good deal with EU partners and friends but that must involve the abolition of the undemocratic backstop, what the prime minister has instructed and the cabinet has accepted is a turbo-charging of those preparations.
At that moment, we saw people burned black, having their skin melted or limbs blown apart. It is unlikely that survivors would be in a cheery, welcoming mood, but President Obama would be making a very delicate political decision to come to Hiroshima. I would want to accept his visit with hopes that it will lead to the next action (for the abolition of nuclear arms).
It is outrageous that after dismantling commonsense border security measures and unleashing a record-setting border crisis, Secretary Mayorkas has hired an organization that has openly called for the abolition of ICE—one of his own agencies, as a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, I’ll continue to hold the Biden Administration accountable and ensure that taxpayer-funded programs aren’t hijacked by organizations that oppose the very mission of the program.
The abolition of the cap will cost jobs, but the sector overcame the franc crisis in 2011 and will also cope with this crisis.
The long-term trend is definitely positive -- we are seeing a decrease in the number of executions (worldwide), a number of countries are closer to abolition, and there are some signs that some countries will be abolitionist by 2015. (There are) signals of a world that is nearing abolition.
Translations for abolition
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- إبطال, إلغاءArabic
- премахване, отменянеBulgarian
- Aufhebung, AbschaffungGerman
- κατάργησηGreek
- aboliciónSpanish
- [[orjuuden]] [[lakkauttaminen]], lakkauttaminen, [[orjakaupan]] [[lakkauttaminen]], mitätöinti, [[orjien]] [[vapauttaminen]], kumoaminenFinnish
- abolitionFrench
- abolisyonHaitian Creole
- 撤廃, 廃止Japanese
- abolisjonNorwegian
- aboliçãoPortuguese
- abolirea sclaviei, abolireRomanian
- отменаRussian
- abolícijaSerbo-Croatian
- motståndSwedish
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