Editing Abolition

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==English==

===Etymology===

Latin ''[[abolitio]]'', from ''[[abolere]]'': compare French ''abolition''. See [[abolish]].

===Noun===

{{en-noun}}

# The act of [[abolish|abolishing]], or the state of being [[abolished]]; an [[annul|annulling]]; [[abrogation]]; utter destruction; as, the ''abolition'' of [[slave]]ry 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.

# (often [[capitalised]]), (in [[British]] territories) The ending of the [[slave]] trade (1807) or of [[slavery]] (1833).

# (often capitalised), (in the [[US]]) the [[emancipation]] of slaves, by the ''Emancipation Proclamation'' (1863, [[ratified]] 1865).

====Translations====

{{trans-top|act of abolishing}}

* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|премахване}}, {{t+|bg|отменяне}}

* Croatian: {{t+|hr|abolicija|f|alt=abolícija}}

* Finnish: {{t-|fi|lakkauttaminen}}, {{t|fi|kumoaminen}} (laws), {{t|fi|mitätöinti}} (debts)

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* German: {{t+|de|Abschaffung|f}}, {{t-|de|Aufhebung|f}}

* Japanese: {{t+|ja|廃止|tr=haishi}} ([[はいし]])

* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|abolição|f}}

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{{trans-top|Abolition of slave trade}}

* Croatian: {{t+|hr|abolicija|f|alt=abolícija}}

* Finnish: [[orjakauppa|orjakaupan]] [[lakkauttaminen]]

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* German: [[Abschaffung]] des [[Sklavenhandels]]

* Portuguese: [[abolição]] {{f}}

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{{trans-top|emancipation of slaves}}

* Croatian: {{t+|hr|abolicija|f|alt=abolícija}}

* Finnish: [[orjuus|orjuuden]] [[lakkauttaminen]], [[orja|orjien]] [[vapauttaminen]]

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* German: [[Abschaffung]] des [[Sklavenhandels]]

* Portuguese: [[abolição]] {{f}}

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* {{ttbc|Esperanto}}: [[abolicio]], [[forigo]]

* {{ttbc|French}}: [[abolition]] {{f}}

* {{ttbc|Interlingua}}: [[abolition]]

* {{ttbc|Italian}}: [[abolizione]]

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* {{ttbc|Slovak}}: [[zrušenie]] {{n}}

* {{ttbc|Spanish}}: [[abolición]]

* {{ttbc|Vietnamese}}: [[sự thủ tiêu]], [[sự bãi bỏ]], [[sự huỷ bỏ]]

* {{ttbc|Volapük}}: [[säkib]], [[finid]]

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====References====

* {{R:Webster 1913}}

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==French==

===Pronunciation===

* {{audio|Fr-abolition.ogg|Audio}}

===Noun===

{{fr-noun|f}}

# [[#English|abolition]].