abolition
I
noun
abolishment, abrogation, annihilation, annulment, cancellation, defeasance, deposal, destruction, desuetude, discontinuance, dissolutio, dissolution, disusage, disuse, elimination, eradication, extermination, extinction, extinguishment, extirpation, invalidation, nonuse, nullification, obliteration, recantation, recision, repeal, repudiation, rescindment, rescission, retraction, revocation, revokement, vacation, voidance
associated concepts: abolition of a remedy, abolition of an action, abolition of office, abolition of slavery, express abolition, implied abolition
foreign phrases:
- Cujus est instituere, ejus est abrogare. — Whoever may institute, his right it is to abrogate.
II
index
abatement (extinguishment), ademption, annulment, cancellation, censorship, countermand, defeasance, destruction, discharge (annulment), discharge (release from obligation), discontinuance (act of discontinuing), dissolution (termination), disuse, negation, obviation, removal, repudiation, rescision, reversal, revocation, subversion
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006