Definition of "abolition" []

• The act of doing away with or the state of being done away with; annulment. (noun)
• Abolishment of slavery. (noun)

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• "They first insisted that the abolition of the slave-trade would ruin the colonies -- next the _abolition of slavery_ was to be the certain destruction of the islands -- and now the education of children is deprecated as fraught with disastrous consequences."
• "For the attending audience, the term "abolition" was not a novel concept."
• "I understand the Rothbardian, knee-jerk impulse to say "abolish federal agency X," but I'm not sure abolition is even necessary, so long as people are allowed to "innovate around" existing bureaucracy."