abolishment

English

Etymology

From Middle French abolissement, from aboliss-, stem of some conjugated forms abolir.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈbɑl.ɪʃ.mənt/

Noun

abolishment (countable and uncountable, plural abolishments)

  1. The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction. [First attested from the mid 16th century.][2]

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References

  1. ↑ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 4
  2. ↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], →ISBN), page 6
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