The abolition of slavery in Europe eventually reached America.
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Abolition
//ˌæb.əˈlɪʃ.n̩//
Synonyms for "abolition" (63 found)
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Related words (31)
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12 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
4 entriesis a
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7 entriesTranslations
66 translations across 29 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- إبطال noun (act of abolishing)
- إلغاء noun (act of abolishing)
- إِلْغَاء noun (act of abolishing)
- اِبْطَال noun (act of abolishing)
Armenian
3 entries- լուծարում noun (act of abolishing)
- ոչնչացում noun (act of abolishing)
- վերացում noun (act of abolishing)
Bulgarian
2 entries- отменяне noun (act of abolishing)
- премахване noun (act of abolishing)
Catalan
2 entries- abolició noun (act of abolishing)
- abolició noun (abolition of slavery and the slave trade)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 取消 noun (act of abolishing)
- 廢奴 /废奴 noun (abolition of slavery and the slave trade)
- 廢止 /废止 noun (act of abolishing)
- 廢除 /废除 noun (act of abolishing)
Danish
1 entries- afskaffelse noun (act of abolishing)
Dutch
3 entries- abolitie noun (abolition of slavery and the slave trade)
- afschaffing noun (act of abolishing)
- opheffing noun (act of abolishing)
Finnish
4 entries- kumoaminen noun (act of abolishing)
- lakkauttaminen noun (act of abolishing)
- mitätöinti noun (act of abolishing)
- orjakaupan lakkauttaminen noun (abolition of slavery and the slave trade)
French
1 entries- abolition noun (act of abolishing)
Georgian
1 entries- გაუქმება noun (act of abolishing)
German
2 entries- Abschaffung noun (act of abolishing)
- Aufhebung noun (act of abolishing)
Greek
1 entries- κατάργηση noun (act of abolishing)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- abolisyon noun (act of abolishing)
Hindi
1 entries- उन्मूलन noun (act of abolishing)
Hungarian
3 entries- a rabszolgaság eltörlése noun (abolition of slavery and the slave trade)
- eltörlés noun (act of abolishing)
- rabszolga-felszabadítás noun (abolition of slavery and the slave trade)
Indonesian
1 entries- abolisi noun (act of abolishing)
Italian
1 entries- abolizione noun (act of abolishing)
Japanese
2 entries- 廃止 noun (act of abolishing)
- 撤廃 noun (act of abolishing)
Latin
2 entries- abolitiō noun (act of abolishing)
- interitus noun (act of abolishing)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- abolisjonisme noun (act of abolishing)
- abolisjonisme noun (abolition of slavery and the slave trade)
- avskaffelse noun (act of abolishing)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- ابطال noun (act of abolishing)
- لغو noun (act of abolishing)
Portuguese
2 entries- abolição noun (act of abolishing)
- abolição noun (abolition of slavery and the slave trade)
Romagnol
1 entries- abuliziôn noun (act of abolishing)
Romanian
2 entries- abolire noun (act of abolishing)
- abolirea sclaviei noun (abolition of slavery and the slave trade)
Russian
1 entries- отме́на noun (act of abolishing)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- abolícija noun (abolition of slavery and the slave trade)
- ukidanje noun (act of abolishing)
- ukinuće noun (act of abolishing)
- аболи́ција noun (abolition of slavery and the slave trade)
Spanish
2 entries- abolición noun (act of abolishing)
- abolición noun (abolition of slavery and the slave trade)
Swedish
3 entries- abolition noun (abolition of slavery and the slave trade)
- avskaffande noun (act of abolishing)
- upphävande noun (act of abolishing)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bãi nô noun (abolition of slavery and the slave trade)
Sample sentences
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The abolition of slavery in Europe eventually reached the American continent.
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Abolition of slavery made a big change.
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It would serve no purpose to discuss those schools of Socialism (improperly so called) that do not stand for the abolition of capitalism and wage slavery.
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