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abolishment

US/əˈbɑl.ɪʃ.mənt/

abolishment noun: the act of abolishing; abolition; destruction.

Noun

abolishment (countable and uncountable, plural abolishments)

  1. The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction.

abolishment meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Arabic

abolishment in Tamil

The act of abolishing
ஒழிப்பு oḻippu

abolishment in Malayalam

ഇല്ലാതാക്കൽ, വിരാമമിടുക, റദ്ദാക്കുക, ഇല്ലാതാക്കുക, പൊളിച്ചുകളയുക, നീക്കിക്കളയുക

abolishment in Arabic

The act of abolishing
إِلْغَاء ʔilḡāʔ, إِبطَال

Forms of abolishment

pluralabolishments

Origin of abolishment

From Middle French abolissement, from aboliss-, stem of some conjugated forms abolir, equivalent to abolish + -ment.

Questions about abolishment

What does abolishment mean?
Abolishment means the act of abolishing; abolition; destruction.
What is abolishment in Tamil?
Abolishment in Tamil is ஒழிப்பு (oḻippu). See Abolishment meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is abolishment?
Abolishment is a noun.
How do you pronounce abolishment?
Abolishment is pronounced /əˈbɑl.ɪʃ.mənt/ (US).
What is the plural of abolishment?
The plural of abolishment is abolishments.

Words near abolishment in the dictionary

  1. abolishers
  2. abolishes
  3. abolishest
  4. abolisheth
  5. abolishing
  6. abolishment
  7. abolishments
  8. abolisht
  9. abolition
  10. abolitional
  11. abolitionary

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Adapted from Wiktionary: abolishment (page history and authors); abolishment (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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