different between slavery vs abolition

English

Etymology 1

From slave +? -ery.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sle?v??i/, /?sle?v?i/

Noun

slavery (usually uncountable, plural slaveries)

1. An institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers.
2. A condition of servitude endured by a slave.
3. (figuratively) A condition in which one is captivated or subjugated, as by greed or drugs.
   • 1818, Percy Bysshe Shelley,"The Revolt of Islam", canto 8, stanza 16,

     Man seeks for gold in mines that he may weave / A lasting chain for his own slavery.

Translations

See also

• debt bondage
• bonded labor
• bonded labour

Etymology 2

slaver +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?slæv??i/, /?slæv?i/

Adjective

slavery (comparative more slavery, superlative most slavery)

1. Covered in slaver; slobbery.

References

• Webster, Noah (1828) , “slavery”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
• slavery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “slavery” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.

Anagrams

• Laverys, Varleys

English

Etymology

First attested in 1529. Either from Middle French abolition, or directly from Latin aboliti?, from abole? (“destroy”). Compare French abolition. Equivalent to abolish +? -tion.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æb.??l??.n?/

Noun

abolition (plural abolitions)

1. The act of abolishing; an annulling; abrogation [First attested around the early 16^th century.]

2. The state of being abolished
3. (historical, often capitalised, Britain, US) The ending of the slave trade or of slavery. [First attested around the early 18^th century.]
4. (historical, often capitalised, Australia) The ending of convict transportation. [First attested around the late 18^th century.]
5. (obsolete) An amnesty; a putting out of memory. [Attested from the early 17^th century to the early 19^th century.]

Usage notes

The sense "amnesty", and in general any reference to "abolition of" a person, is now obsolete or unusual.

Antonyms

• (act of abolishing): establishment, foundation

Derived terms

• abolitionism
• abolitionist

Translations

References

• abolition in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Etymology

From Latin abolitionem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.b?.li.sj??/

Noun

abolition f (plural abolitions)

1. abolition

Derived terms

• abolitionnisme
• abolitionniste

Related terms

• abolir

Further reading

• “abolition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).