Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Abolition \Ab"o*li"tion\, n. [L. abolitio, fr. abolere: cf. F.
   abolition. See {Abolish}.]
   The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an
   annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition
   of slavery or the slave trade; the abolition of laws,
   decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc.

   Note: The application of this word to persons is now unusual
         or obsolete

Source : WordNet®

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