Abolishment

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Abolishment \A*bol"ish*ment\ (-ment), n. [Cf. F. abolissement.]
     The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction. --Hooker.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  abolishment
       n : the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution
           (especially abolishing slavery); "the abolition of
           capital punishment" [syn: {abolition}]