as in repeal
the doing away with something by formal action
calls for the abolition of the death penalty
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Recent Examples of abolition
The Heritage Foundation argued for the abolition of the federal program to save $120 billion over the next decade.
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Christen Smith | The Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 11 Apr. 2025
Since student protests began in 2020, calling for abolition of the law and for discussion that had been off-limits in the country for decades, 278 people have been charged under the law, according to data compiled by Thai Lawyers for Human Rights.
—Reuters, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
As a younger man, Jefferson argued for the abolition of slavery and in 1778 drafted a Virginia law that prohibited importing enslaved Africans.
—Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
Newt Gingrich, then the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, called for the abolition of the agency in the mid-1990s.
—Michael C. Bender, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2025
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Christen Smith | The Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 11 Apr. 2025
Since student protests began in 2020, calling for abolition of the law and for discussion that had been off-limits in the country for decades, 278 people have been charged under the law, according to data compiled by Thai Lawyers for Human Rights.
—Reuters, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
As a younger man, Jefferson argued for the abolition of slavery and in 1778 drafted a Virginia law that prohibited importing enslaved Africans.
—Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
Newt Gingrich, then the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, called for the abolition of the agency in the mid-1990s.
—Michael C. Bender, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abolition
dissolution
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More broadly, the dissolution of the foreign aid program is a significant example of a broader trend the administration is pursuing: sacrificing soft power for hard power.—
Time,
Time,
12 May 2025
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The dissolution of the PKK raises a host of questions for the Islamist government of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the pro-American Kurdish forces (YPG) in northern Syrian who helped defeat the Islamist State terrorist movement.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
12 May 2025
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“Abolition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abolition. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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