abolition (abolish on)

[ the word in recent times has been in connection with the effort to put an end to the system of slavery, which was finally accomplished in the United States in 1865 by the thirteenth amendment to the Constitution. For the amalgamation of races, and for the abolition of villenage, she [Britain) is chiefly indebted to the influence which the priesthood in the middle ages exercised over the laity. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., i. 15 tence has been rendered. Bouvier.] = Syn. Overthrow, annulment, obliteration, extirpation, suppre ion. abolitional (ab-o-lish'on-al), a. Pertaining or relating to abolition. abolitionary (ab-o-lish'on-a-ri),a. Destructive; abolitional. abolitionism (ab-o-lish'on-izm), n. [