| − | # An opinion in favor of the [[abolition]] of something; the [[tenet]]s of [[abolitionist]]s. | + | # An opinion in favor of the [[abolition]] of something; the [[tenet]]s of [[abolitionist]]s. {{defdate|First attested in the early 19<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 =}}</ref> |