| − | # The act of [[abolish|abolishing]], or the state of being [[abolished]]; an [[annul|annulling]]; [[abrogation]]; utter destruction; as, the ''abolition'' of [[slave]]ry or the slave trade; the ''abolition'' of laws, decrees, [[ordinances]], customs, taxes, debts, etc. | + | # The act of [[abolish|abolishing]], or the state of being [[abolished]]; an [[annul|annulling]]; [[abrogation]]; utter destruction; as, the ''abolition'' of [[slave]]ry or the slave trade; the ''abolition'' of laws, decrees, [[ordinances]], customs, taxes, debts, etc. {{defdate|First attested around the early 16<sup>th</sup> century.}}<ref name=SOED>{{reference-book | last =| first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | editor =Brown, Lesley | others = | title = The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary | origdate = | origyear = 1933| origmonth = | url = | format = | accessdate = | accessyear = | accessmonth = | edition = 5th | date = | year =2003| month = | publisher =Oxford University Press | location =Oxford, UK | language = | id = | doi = | isbn =978-0-19-860575-7 | lccn = | ol = | pages =6| chapter = | chapterurl = | quote =}} |
| − | # {{historical|often capitalised|UK}} The ending of the [[slave]] trade (1807) or of [[slavery]] (1833). | + | # {{historical|often capitalised|UK|US}} The ending of the [[slave]] trade or of [[slavery]]. {{defdate|First attested around the early 18<sup>th</sup> century.}}<ref name=SOED/> |
| − | # {{historical|often capitalised|US}} The [[emancipation]] of slaves, by the ''Emancipation Proclamation'' (1863, [[ratified]] 1865). | + | # {{historical|often capitalised|Australia}} The ending of convict transportation. {{defdate|First attested around the late 18<sup>th</sup> century.}}<ref name=SOED/> |
| − | # {{obsolete}} An [[amnesty]]; a putting out of memory. | + | dddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd |
