Abolishment

Definition of the noun abolishment

What does abolishment mean as a name of something?

noun - plural: abolishments

1. the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery)
   • lexical domain: Acts - nouns denoting acts or actions
   • synonym of abolishment: abolition
   • more generic words: conclusion / ending / termination = the act of ending something

Alternative definition of the noun abolishment

noun

1. The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction. - Richard Hooker

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The Constitutional Protection of Private Property in China (2016)

Historical Evolution and Comparative Research by Chuanhui Wang

Compared with an announcement by the NPCSC that the measures are unconstitutional, the State Council's abolishment is an approach that 'minimised the shock by the eventual cancellation of the regulations by the NPCSC';.187 According ...

Government (2015)

A Public Administration Perspective by Jos C. N. Raadschelders

In this sense, the tradition of socialeconomic association through guilds and its abolishment is a common heritage in the Western world.

The Institution Quarterly (1916)

Such an abolishment is an ideal toward which we are m New Mexico: Corporal punishment inflicted in kindergarten, sel" in district schools, frequently; in ward schools, frequently; high Schó. seldom; reformatories, prisons and workhouses not ...

Encyclopedia of Disability (2005)

by Gary L Albrecht

Many of the early pioneers in the survivor/user movement were angry, promoting the complete abolishment of the psychiatric system. By 1980, some individuals were identifying themselves as “consumers” and had begun organizing self-help ...

Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, &c. Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Books of Reference (1816)

• ABOLISHMENT, n.f. [from abolish] The act of abolishing. — The plain and direct way had! been to prove, that all such ceremonies, as the/ require to be abolished, are retained by us with the! hurt of the church, ...

Lewis' Dictionary of Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health (1999)

by Jeffrey Wayne Vincoli

Before its abolishment by President Clinton on 8 February 1993, the CEQ consisted of three members, appointed by the President, with advice and consent from the Senate. Under NEPA, the CEQ provided advice to the President on federal ...

Encyclopedia of Nevada (2001)

by Nancy Capace

Abolishment of county; approval of voters in county. The legislature shall not abolish any county unless the qualified voters of the county affected shall at a general or special election first approve such proposed abolishment by a majority of all ...

Encyclopedia of Global Studies (2012)

by Helmut K. Anheier, Mark Juergensmeyer

Yet, at the beginning of the modern reform movements in the 19th and 20th centuries, social reform within the Jain community topped the agenda, including the abolishment of casteism, sectarianism, introduction of modern Western-style ...

Multilingual Law Dictionary (1979)

by Lawrence Deems Egbert, Fernando Morales Macedo

abandonment abolishment 1. abandonment abandon (m); désistement (m) d'une demande (d'instance) abandono (m); desamparo (m); desistimiento (m) (de una apelación) Aufgabe (f); Verzicht (m) auf; Klagerücknahme (f) 2. to abandon ...

A Dictionary of American Proverbs (1992)

by Wolfgang Mieder, Stewart A. Kingsbury, Kelsie B. Harder

abolishment SEE ISOLATION means abolishment. absence 1. A little absence does much good. Rec. dist.: Miss. 2.

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Scrabble value of A₁B₃O₁L₁I₁S₁H₄M₃E₁N₁T₁

The value of this 11-letter word is 18 points, but it's not an accepted word in the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary.

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