Abolition synonyms
Category:
The state of being plucked up by the roots.
The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished.
A legal (notably judicial) declaration that a marriage is invalid; the procedure leading to it.
The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence
cancellation (related)
A remedy by which a court calls in, annuls, and retains possession of a void or rescinded written legal document because it may cause unnecessary litigation or make a person’s title to property unclear. For example, a court may call in, annul, and retain possession of a void deed to real estate that a party used to falsely claim title to someone else’s real property, in order to prevent any such claims in the future.
destruction (related)
Destruction is defined as the tearing down or dismantling or killing of something.
repeal (related)
The definition of a repeal is the act of taking something back.
freeing (related)
The abolition of slavery; sometimes capitalized
creation (antonym)
Anything created; esp., something original created by the imagination; invention, design, etc.
retention (antonym)
Power of or capacity for retaining
establishment (antonym)
A controlling group in a given field of activity. Often used with the.
legalization (antonym)
The process of making something legal, the process to legalize, decriminalization.
institution (antonym)
The act of instituting:
confirmation (antonym)
In commercial law, an agreement, usually by a bank, to honor a letter of credit issued by someone else, usually another bank, and to seek reimbursement from the instrument’s issuer.
promotion (antonym)
Advertising; publicity.
The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction. [First attested from the mid 16th century.]
The act of abrogating; a repeal by authority; abolition. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
The act or process of annihilating.
The annulment of a contract or deed
The act of invalidating, or the state of being invalidated.
The act or process of negating.
The act of nullifying or the state of being nullified:
The act of voiding, of defecating or removing.
Same as tax avoidance.
Release from slavery, freedom, the act of manumitting
Find another word for abolition. In this page you can discover 29 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for abolition, like: eradication, extinguishment, annulment, overthrow, emancipation, enfranchisement, cancellation, destruction, repeal, freeing and creation.