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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of abolition

Following the abolition of slavery, policies such as Jim Crow laws, redlining and discriminatory lending practices kept Black Marylanders from achieving economic mobility. —C. Anthony Muse, Baltimore Sun, 15 Mar. 2025

The name originates from a sugar estate that once produced rum and sugar before the abolition of slavery and continues to support the distillery with Jamaican molasses to this day. —Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025

But the mixed-race American actually has served an important role throughout the struggles for abolition, civil rights and political equality. —Rebecca R. Bibbs, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025

Known as an intellectual society, the freethinkers advocated for equal rights, the abolition of slavery, and rejected secession. —Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2025