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Definition of Abolishment

1. Noun. The act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery). "The abolition of capital punishment"

Definition of Abolishment

1. n. The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction.

Definition of Abolishment

1. Noun. The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction. ¹

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Definition of Abolishment

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Abolishment

Literary usage of Abolishment

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gallows, the Prison, and the Poor-house: A Plea for Humanity, Showing by George Washington Quinby (1860)
"Has any State or country tried the experiment of abolishment long enough to ... Many were fearful of the experiment of abolishment; but at last it was tried ..."

2. History of the Antislavery Measures of the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth by Henry Wilson (1865)
"THE PRESIDENT'S PROPOSITION TO AID STATES IN ' THE abolishment ... which may adopt gradual abolishment of slavery ; giving to such State pecuniary aid, ..."

3. The Natural History of Secession: Or Despotism and Democracy at Necessary by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1864)
"... in respect to the abolishment of slavery, but the same lack of enterprise also deterred many and many a master from ever acting out his own hearty wish ..."

4. John Sherman's Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet by John Sherman (1895)
"abolishment OF THE STATE BANKS. Measures Introduced to Tax Them out of Existence — Arguments That Indium! Congress to Deprive Them of the Tower to Issue ..."

5. History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America by Henry Wilson (1877)
"abolishment OP SLAVERY IN THE TERRITORIES. Early opinions. — Ordinance of 1787. — Increased profit of slavery and ..."

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