the ending of a law, a system or an institution （法律、制度、习俗等的）废除，废止 the abolition of slavery 奴隶制的废除 The report recommended the complete abolition of the tax. 该报告建议完全取消该税。 the abolition of apartheid/the death penalty 废除种族隔离/死刑
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Latin abolitio(n-), from abolere ‘destroy’.