Synonyms of abolition

abolition

noun

ˌa-bə-ˈli-shᵊn 

as in repeal

the doing away with something by formal action

calls for the abolition of the death penalty

Synonyms & Similar Words

• repeal
• dissolution
• abolishment
• cancellation
• withdrawal
• elimination
• suspension
• abrogation
• nullification
• dismissal
• avoidance
• annulment
• invalidation
• removal
• voiding
• prohibition
• defeasance
• negation
• reversal
• banning
• rejection
• abortion
• abatement
• quashing
• veto
• rescindment
• revocation
• overruling
• retraction
• override
• liquidation
• recall
• outlawing
• eradication
• erasure
• calling off
• disallowance
• overturn
• forbiddance
• enjoining
• countermand

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• legislation
• enactment
• establishment
• institution
• founding
• legalization
• ratification
• validation
• approval
• formalization
• legitimation
• passing
• permission
• endorsement
• authorization
• clearance
• legitimization
• prescription
• ordering
• sanctioning
• commandment
• mandating
• decreeing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of abolition

Amendment, the abolition of slavery, and argued that loopholes led to today’s mass incarceration of Black Americans. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 21 July 2026

Instead, El-Sayed, who supports Medicare for All and the abolition of ICE, has established himself as both the most progressive candidate in the primary and the front-runner in the polls. — Jason Zengerle, New Yorker, 10 July 2026

Once free, Jennings served the abolition movement, wrote the first White House memoir, and witnessed his sons fight with the Union Army in the Civil War. — Melia Patria, ABC News, 4 July 2026

Like most Democrats at the time, they were aligned with the South, opposed to abolition, and believed that states, rather than the federal government, should decide whether to prohibit chattel slavery. — Christopher Lynch, The Conversation, 1 July 2026