Abolition

• the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery); "the abolition of capital punishment"
• Abolition is the act of formally repealing an existing practice legal means, either by making it illegal, or simply no longer allowing it to exist in any form.
• a movement calling for the prohibition of slavery
• To do away with or bring to an end. It is used in this site to mean the campaign to end the slave trade and slavery.
• The act of abolishing, as in the abolition/ending of slavery