<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act of abolishing or the state of being abolished: the abolition of capital punishment; the abolition of war; the abolition of unfair taxes.</li><li>Synonyms: invalidation, eradication, repeal, revocation, nullification, elimination, annihilation</li><li>Antonyms: establishment</li><li>the legal prohibition of slavery, especially the institutional enslavement of Black people in the U.S.</li></ul>