ABOLISHMENT Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

abolishment

noun

Definition of abolishment

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the doing away with something by formal action recurrent calls for the abolishment of the electoral college

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Recent Examples of abolishment The statement pointed to historic gains in the push for more diversity, including the abolishment of slavery and expanded voting rights. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026 New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has again called for the abolishment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement after the death of a man in Houston. — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 10 July 2026 Juneteenth commemorates the abolishment of slavery in the United States. — Danielle Broadway, Parents, 19 June 2026 Its video shows Omar — at about four minutes into her speech — calling for the abolishment of ICE and for then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign or face impeachment. — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 7 May 2026 Over the past year, ICE has faced intense scrutiny from Democratic lawmakers, some of whom have called for its abolishment. — Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026 The attorney general also took the opportunity to jab Cornyn, scrutinizing him for backing the abolishment of the filibuster. — Faith Bugenhagen, Austin American Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026 Stratton alone has called for the abolishment of the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. — Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026 In the past few years, there have been multiple instances when the abolishment of daylight saving time was mentioned and even brought up in legislation, and this year will continue the trend, as a new bill was recently introduced to change daylight saving time. — Jordan Green, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 3 Mar. 2026

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At that time, his eldest daughter, Maria Adelaide, ascended to the throne—a succession made possible by the abolition of the Salic Law, which had restricted the line of succession to males only.

— Giorgia Olivieri, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
Long after the abolition of slavery, many white southerners, including my father, who was born into the first breaths of the civil-rights movement, were still raised by Black nannies.

— Annie Joy Williams, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026

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