Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Abolishment \A*bol"ish*ment\ (-ment), n. [Cf. F. abolissement.]
   The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction. --Hooker.

Source : WordNet®

abolishment
     n : the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution
         (especially abolishing slavery); "the abolition of
         capital punishment" [syn: {abolition}]