- abolition (n.)
[abolition 词源字典]
- 1520s, from Middle French abolition or directly from Latin abolitionem (nominative abolitio) "an abolition," noun of action from past participle stem of abolere "destroy" (see abolish). Specific application to "opposition to the black slave trade as a political question" is first attested 1788.[abolition etymology, abolition origin, 英语词源]