abolition

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• /ˌæb.əˈlɪʃ.ən/
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• India: /əˈbɔː.lɪ.ʃən/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h2epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *h3elh1- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *h3olh1-éye-ti Proto-Italic *oleō ? Latin aboleō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin abolitiōnemlbor. Old French abolucion Middle French abolitionbor. English abolition Borrowed from Middle French abolition, from Old French abolucion, a learned borrowing from Latin abolitiōnem. First attested in 1529. Equivalent to abolish + -tion.

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: إِلْغَاء (ʔilḡāʔ) — act of abolishing
• Arabic: اِبْطَال (ibṭāl) — act of abolishing
• Arabic: إلغاء (ʔelğaaʔ) — act of abolishing
• Arabic: إبطال (ʔbṭaal) — act of abolishing
• Armenian: վերացում (veracʻum) — act of abolishing
• Armenian: ոչնչացում (očʻnčʻacʻum) — act of abolishing
• Armenian: լուծարում (lucarum) — act of abolishing
• Bulgarian: премахване (premahvane) — act of abolishing
• Bulgarian: отменяне (otmenjane) — act of abolishing
• Catalan: abolició — act of abolishing
• Chinese Mandarin: 廢除 /废除 (fèichú) — act of abolishing
• Chinese Mandarin: 取消 (qǔxiāo) — act of abolishing
• Chinese Mandarin: 禁止 (jìnzhǐ) — act of abolishing
• Chinese Mandarin: 廢止 /废止 (fèizhǐ) — act of abolishing
• Danish: afskaffelse — act of abolishing
• Dutch: afschaffing — act of abolishing
• Dutch: opheffing — act of abolishing
• Finnish: lakkauttaminen — act of abolishing
• Finnish: kumoaminen — act of abolishing
• Finnish: mitätöinti — act of abolishing
• French: abolition — act of abolishing
• Georgian: გაუქმება (gaukmeba) — act of abolishing
• German: Abschaffung — act of abolishing
• German: Aufhebung — act of abolishing
• Greek: κατάργηση (katárgisi) — act of abolishing
• Haitian Creole: abolisyon — act of abolishing
• Hindi: उन्मूलन (unmūlan) — act of abolishing
• Hungarian: eltörlés — act of abolishing
• Indonesian: abolisi — act of abolishing
• Italian: abolizione — act of abolishing
• Japanese: 廃止 (haishi) — act of abolishing
• Japanese: 撤廃 (teppai) — act of abolishing
• Latin: interitus — act of abolishing
• Latin: abolitiō — act of abolishing
• Norwegian Bokmål: avskaffelse — act of abolishing
• Norwegian Bokmål: abolisjonisme — act of abolishing
• Portuguese: abolição — act of abolishing
• Romagnol: abuliziôn — act of abolishing
• Romanian: abolire — act of abolishing
• Russian: отме́на (otména) — act of abolishing
• Serbo-Croatian: ukidanje — act of abolishing
• Serbo-Croatian: укидање — act of abolishing
• Serbo-Croatian: ukinuće — act of abolishing
• Serbo-Croatian: укинуће — act of abolishing
• Spanish: abolición — act of abolishing
• Swedish: avskaffande — act of abolishing
• Swedish: upphävande — act of abolishing
• Ottoman Turkish: ابطال (ibtal) — act of abolishing
• Ottoman Turkish: لغو (lağv, lağıv) — act of abolishing
• Catalan: abolició — abolition of slavery and the slave trade
• Chinese Mandarin: 廢除奴隸制 /废除奴隶制 (fèichú núlìzhì) — abolition of slavery and the slave trade
• Chinese Mandarin: 廢奴 /废奴 (fèinú) — abolition of slavery and the slave trade
• Dutch: abolitie — abolition of slavery and the slave trade
• Finnish: orjakaupan lakkauttaminen — abolition of slavery and the slave trade
• Finnish: orjuuden lakkauttaminen — abolition of slavery and the slave trade
• Finnish: orjien vapauttaminen — abolition of slavery and the slave trade
• Hungarian: rabszolga-felszabadítás — abolition of slavery and the slave trade
• Hungarian: a rabszolgaság eltörlése — abolition of slavery and the slave trade
• Norwegian Bokmål: abolisjonisme — abolition of slavery and the slave trade
• Portuguese: abolição — abolition of slavery and the slave trade
• Romanian: abolirea sclaviei — abolition of slavery and the slave trade
• Serbo-Croatian: abolícija — abolition of slavery and the slave trade
• Serbo-Croatian: аболи́ција — abolition of slavery and the slave trade
• Spanish: abolición — abolition of slavery and the slave trade
• Swedish: abolition — abolition of slavery and the slave trade
• Vietnamese: bãi nô — abolition of slavery and the slave trade