the ending of a law, a system or an institution (法律、制度、习俗等的)废除,废止 the abolition of slavery 奴隶制的废除 The report recommended the complete abolition of the tax. 该报告建议完全取消这项税收。 the abolition of apartheid/the death penalty 种族隔离/死刑的废除
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Latin abolitio(n-), from abolere ‘destroy’.