Ăb'o-lĭ'tion, n.

(Ĭsh'ŭn), n. [Lat. abolitio, Fr. abolition.] The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of the slave-trade; the abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, rites, customs, debts, &c.

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