abolitions
Acts of elimination
Abolitions is the plural of abolition, the act of formally ending or eliminating something—typically an institution, practice, or law.
The word most often refers to ending slavery: The abolitions of slavery in various nations occurred over more than a century.
It applies to other formal eliminations: abolitions of the death penalty, abolitions of outdated regulations.
Act of ending something
- cessationA full stopping
- discontinuationFormal ending of something
- annulmentDeclared void from start
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
repeal · revocation · elimination · eradication · nullification · cancellation · rescission · abrogation
Release from legal bondage
- liberationRelease from constraint
- manumissionFormal freeing of enslaved
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
- freedomAbsence of constraint
deliverance · unshackling · release · unchaining · unbinding · extrication · self-determination · autonomy
Ownership of people
- Thirteenth AmendmentConstitutional ban on bondage
- LincolnMidwestern state capital
- TubmanAbolitionist and freedom guide
- WilberforceBritish antislavery campaigner
plantation · antebellum · reconstruction · Quakers · abolitionists · suffrage · Seneca Falls · Frederick Douglass
Direct effort for reform
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- amendmentChange to official text
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- civil rightsGuaranteed individual legal protections
social justice · lobbying · petitioning · grassroots · progressive · nonviolent · parliamentary · congressional
termination
Act of ending something
- cessationA full stopping
- discontinuationFormal ending of something
- annulmentDeclared void from start
dissolution · repeal · revocation · elimination · eradication · nullification · cancellation · rescission · abrogation · invalidation
emancipation
Release from legal bondage
- liberationRelease from constraint
- manumissionFormal freeing of enslaved
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
freedom · deliverance · unshackling · release · unchaining · unbinding · extrication · self-determination · autonomy · independence
slavery
Ownership of people
- Thirteenth AmendmentConstitutional ban on bondage
- LincolnMidwestern state capital
- TubmanAbolitionist and freedom guide
Wilberforce · plantation · antebellum · reconstruction · Quakers · abolitionists · suffrage · Seneca Falls · Frederick Douglass · Sojourner Truth
activism
Direct effort for reform
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- amendmentChange to official text
- advocacyPleading for a cause
civil rights · social justice · lobbying · petitioning · grassroots · progressive · nonviolent · parliamentary · congressional · bills
abolitionsestablishments
Founded organizations or businesses
institutions · enactments · creations · introductions · reinstatements
abolitionspreservations
Acts of keeping safe
continuations · retentions · perpetuations · maintenances · conservations
- abolition of slaveryEnding legalized human ownership
- abolition movementCampaign to end slavery
- slavery abolitionOutlawing ownership of people
- death penalty abolitionEliminating government-authorized killing
- abolition effortsWork toward ending slavery