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Which country abolished slavery in 1833 in many parts of its empire?

abolish

[uh-bol-ish] / əˈbɒl ɪʃ /


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And we absolutely need to abolish the concept that going to a concert alone is any kind of abnormal or undesirable behavior.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

Miller describes the UK as "more than a political arrangement", saying each helped to develop industries, abolish the slave trade, liberate Europe, and shape the modern world.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

In 2020 after the killing of George Floyd generated widespread campus calls for social justice, another movement to abolish Greek life sprung up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

"The policy does not literally seek to abolish landlords, but rather to put in more regulations and taxes on private rentals through measures such as rent controls and expanded social housing," they said.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

He promised to abolish the Treaty of Versailles, calling it "unfair punishment."

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

Some of this friction is inevitable; care tasks are cyclical, after all, and no system abolishes effort entirely.

From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2026

“He founded slave-free Georgia in 1733 and, 100 years later, England abolishes slavery,” followed by the U.S. in 1865, Thurmond said.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2024

The new version of the constitution also declares Uzbekistan a "social state" with increased welfare obligations, abolishes death penalty, establishes greater personal legal protection, and allows non-farming land ownership.

From Reuters ● Apr. 27, 2023

RIP’s model of buying debt at discount prices is especially attractive to donors because on average, every $1 donated abolishes about $100 in face value medical debt.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2023

If a soft iron mass does quite touch the poles, then it completes the magnetic circuit and abolishes the free poles, and the magnet is to a very large extent deprived of its self-demagnetizing power.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various

Virginia and 10 others states have abolished the death penalty in the past 20 years, and 32 states haven’t executed anyone in at least a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

The program comes days after the Supreme Court abolished limits on the purchase of rural land by foreigners.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Every coin America has ever abolished, from the half-cent in 1857 forward, died the same way.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

They were abolished in 1967 but restored in the 1990s under President Museveni.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

“You know quite well,” he said, “that trial by ordeal has been abolished, and, as for doing it by purgation, it would be impossible to find the necessary number of peers for a Queen.”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

But he’s inadvertently making a case for abolishing executions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

When Watters pressed him about abolishing ICE, he did not surrender the moral argument or get stuck in a defensive loop.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

His policies include abolishing the House of Lords, banning the eating of noisy snacks in cinemas and scrapping VAR in football.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

It recommended abolishing a scheme that allows people to retire early at 63, and expanding compulsory pension contributions to include civil servants and self-employed workers.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

In 1799, New York had begun the gradual process of abolishing slavery.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock


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