Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Abolition

Abolition ({not transcribed}) , noun

[Latin abolitio, from abolere: compare French abolition. See Abolish.]

The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of slavery or the slave trade; the abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc.

The application of this word to persons is now unusual or obsolete