abolishment

English

Etymology

From Middle French abolissement, from aboliss-, stem of some conjugated forms abolir,[1] equivalent to abolish +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈbɑl.ɪʃ.mənt/
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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-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abolishment”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.
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