Encyclopedia > Abolition

Article Content

Abolition

Abolition is the act of formally destroying something through legal means, either by making it illegal, or simply no longer allowing it to exist in any form.

Famous things that have been abolished include:

Slavery
The Soviet Union
prohibition
Numerous monarchies

Things that are topics of debate over their possible abolition include:

The Death penalty
Abortion

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

East Hampton North, New York

... West (40.971060, -72.188759)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 14.5 km² (5.6 mi²). 14.5 km² (5.6 mi²) ...