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Definition: Abolition |
AbolitionNoun1. The act of abolishing. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "abolition" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1644. (references) |
Etymology: Abolition \Ab"o*li"tion\, noun. [Latin expression abolitio, from abolere: compare to the French expression abolition. See Abolish.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: AbolitionSynonym: abolishment (n). (additional references) |
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Famous things that have been abolished include:
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Abrogation | Abolition, abolishment; dissolution. |
Destruction | Destroying; Verb: demolition, demolishment; overthrow, subversion, suppression; abolition; (abrogation); biblioclasm; sacrifice; ravage, razzia; inactivation; incendiarism; revolution; extirpation; (extraction); beginning of the end, commencement de la fin, road to ruin; dilapidation; (deterioration); sabotage. |
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Crosswords: Abolition |
| English words defined with "abolition": abolitionary, abolitionism, anarchism ♦ Beecher ♦ Charles Grey ♦ grey ♦ Henry Ward Beecher ♦ leveler, leveller ♦ Second Earl Grey, Sojourner Truth ♦ truth ♦ Unkingship. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "abolition": Cordeliers ♦ Fighting Fifth ♦ miss ♦ Poverty. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "abolition": Unkingship. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Abolition" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (abolishment, abolition, abrogation, destruction), Swedish (abolition). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Verily, the work does not end with the abolition of slavery, but only begins. (The Civil War; writing credit: Ken Burns; Ric Burns) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Autopsy on Operation Abolition (1962) Operation Abolition (1960) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Abolition des peines corporelles. / Cham [i.e. Amédée Noé].Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Dr. Michael Ramsey | Abolition of capital punishment once and for all will help create a more civilized society. It will rebound to the advantage and honour of the nation. |
Karl Marx | The theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | Abolition of all right of inheritance. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Sixth.The abolition of child labour and the imposition of such limitations on the labour of young persons as shall permit the continuation of their education and assure their proper physical development. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | I voted for the abolition of that tyrant. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Poland's entry into the EU could precipitate the abolition of this system on the grounds that it discriminates between foreign and local manufacturers. (references) | |
The dual pricing system continues to be a major issue of complaint for domestic companies, represented by Polfarmed, which is campaigning for abolition of price controls for local products. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Nepal | On September 7, Krishna Gurung was arrested at the Kathmandu home of her brother, Gopal Gurung, (the author of a book advocating the abolition of the Monarchy). (references) |
Lebanon | The Accord called for the ultimate abolition of political sectarianism in favor of "expertise and competence;" however, little substantive progress has been made in this regard. (references) | |
Indonesia | Some observers called for the abolition of the LSF, which censors films for sex and violence, although there was no attempt at enforcement by the LSF. As of October, 779 private radio broadcasting companies exist in addition to the Government's radio network. (references) | |
Economic History | Honduras | The abolition of the draft created staffing gaps in the now all-volunteer armed forces. (references) |
South Africa | Since the abolition of apartheid, levels of political violence in South Africa have dropped dramatically. (references) | |
Syria | The government has continued to resist the abolition of the Minister of Labor's effective veto power over collective contracts. (references) | |
Human Rights | Singapore | Opposition politicians have called for the abolition of the ISA, but the Government has rejected these calls, claiming that citizens accept the act as an element of the nation's security. (references) |
Bahrain | With the abolition of the State Security Act, searches of private premises without warrants are illegal; the police now must obtain a search warrant from a judge to enter private premises. (references) | |
Mexico | On July 11, the Christian Action for the Abolition of Torture (ACAT) reported the alleged disappearance to the IACHR, and the PRODH sent the report to the U.N. Working Group on Disappearances. (references) | |
Political Economy | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | In 1996, the UAE ratified the International Labor Organization's 1957 Abolition of Forced Labor Convention. (references) |
COLOMBIA | The exchange rate stabilized soon after abolition of the band, subsequently responding to economic and political developments. (references) | |
PERU | Although the constitution does not specifically prohibit forced or bonded labor by children, Peru has ratified ILO Convention 105 on the abolition of forced labor, including forced or bonded child labor. (references) | |
Political Rights | Hong Kong | Legislators from the democratic parties and human rights activists protested the abolition of the councils, arguing that they were important to the development of party and democratic political leaders. (references) |
Hong Kong | The U.N. Human Rights Committee in November 1999 also expressed concern that the abolition of the municipal councils would "diminish the opportunity of Hong Kong residents to take part in the conduct of public affairs." Hong Kong sends 36 delegates to China's National People's Congress (NPC). These 36 individuals are potentially an important group, since placing proposed amendments to the Basic Law on the agenda of the NPC requires the approval of two-thirds of Hong Kong's NPC delegates. (references) | |
Travel | Mauritius | The following are fixed: New Years, January 1 and 2; Abolition of Slavery, February 1; Independence Day, March 12; Labor Day, May 1; and Christmas, December 25. The remaining holidays are religious festivals whose dates vary. (references) |
Worker Rights | Australia | The primary curb on union power is the abolition of closed shops and union demarcations. (references) |
Paraguay | These include conventions dealing with minimum wage, abolition of forced labor, minimum age of employment, freedom of association, equal remuneration, and employment policy. (references) | |
India | Those employers who failed to abide by the law are subject to penalties provided by the Bonded Labor System (Abolition) Act (such as fines and imprisonment), and also to disciplinary action at the workplace. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | MISS, n. The title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market. Miss, Missis (Mrs.) and Mister (Mr.) are the three most distinctly disagreeable words in the language, in sound and sense. Two are corruptions of Mistress, the other of Master. In the general abolition of social titles in this our country they miraculously escaped to plague us. If we must have them let us be consistent and give one to the unmarried man. I venture to suggest Mush, abbreviated to Mh. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | The mutual abolition of discriminating duties and charges upon the navigation and commercial intercourse between the parties is the general maxim which characterizes them all. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | We must take new steps-and we shall make new proposals at Geneva-toward the control and the eventual abolition of arms. |
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| "Abolition" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Abolition" is used about 1,153 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 1,153 | 6,662 |
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Expression using "abolition": abolition of slavery. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "abolition": pre-abolition. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
abolition | 37 |
abolition of slavery | 23 |
abolition movement | 11 |
abolition of man | 7 |
abolition de de la mort peine | 4 |
abolition death penalty | 3 |
abolition au canada de de la mort peine | 3 |
abolition c.s lewis man | 2 |
abolition in mauritius slavery | 2 |
abolition abraham lincoln | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "abolition"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaan | opsegging (abolishment, abrogation). (various references) | |
Albanian | abrogim (abolishment, abrogation), zhdukje (disappearance, evanescence, evaporation, exit, extinction, liquidation, obliteration, passing), prishje (annulment, blasting, breach, breaking, breakup, chasm, collapse, corruption, damage, debasement, decay, decomposition, defacement, defeat, defilement, depravation, depravity, deterioration, discord, dissolution, failure, obliteration, quarrel, rancidity, rancidness, rot, split up, spoilage, stymie, taint, vitiation, warp, wrecking), heqje (clearing, collection, deduction, Defeasance, deletion, deprivation, derogation, dismissal, dismission, disposal, dispossession, ejection, elimination, evacuation, excision, extirpation, extraction, jump, omission, out, outage, privation, recall, relegation, removal, rending, resection, reserve, skip, stripping, subtraction, tripping). (various references) | |
Arabic | إلغاء (abolishment, annihilation, avoidance, cancel, cancellation, nullification, recall, repeal, rescission, revocation), إبطال (abrogation, annihilation, annulment, avoidance, cancellation, circumvention, counteraction, defeasance, frustration, invalidation, negation, nullification, repeal, rescission, reversal, revocation, vitiation). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | унищожаване (abolishment, annihilation, cancellation, consumption, demolition, destruction, devastation, dissolution, extermination, obliteration, ruination, squelch), отменяване (abolishment, abrogation, cancellation, repeal), премахване на робството, премахване (abolishment, deletion, disposal, obliteration, removal, retrenchment, undoing). (various references) | |
Chinese | 废止 (Abrogate, Abrogated, Abrogating, Abrogation, rescind, Rescinded, Rescinding, revocation). (various references) | |
Czech | zrušení (abolishment, abrogation, annulment, breach, cancellation, diriment, dissolution, recall, renunciation, repeal, rescission, withdrawal), odvolání (abolishment, abrogation, appeal, countermand, recall, recantation, remedy, repeal, rescission, retractility, retraction, revocation, withdrawal). (various references) | |
Danish | afskaffelse (abolishment, abrogation). (various references) | |
Dutch | afschaffing (abolishment, abrogation, cancellation, repeal, rescission). (various references) | |
Esperanto | abolo (abrogation), abolicio (abrogation), nuligo (abrogation), forigo. (various references) | |
Finnish | lakkautus (suppression, suspension, withdrawal). (various references) | |
French | abolition (abolishment, abrogation), annulation (abolishment, abrogation). (various references) | |
German | Abschaffung (abolishment). (various references) | |
Greek | κατάργηση (abolishment, abrogation, annulment, rescission). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | abrogim (abolishment, abrogation). (various references) | |
Hebrew | "תבטלות (idling, loafing), בטול (annulment, cancellation, cancelling, idle). (various references) | |
Hungarian | megszüntetés (annulment, cessation, doing-away, liquidation, removal, stoppage), eltörlés (abrogation, cancellation, dissolution, obliteration, recission, repeal, wipe), rabszolgaság eltörlése. (various references) | |
Icelandic | afnám (abolishment, abrogation), ógilding (abolishment, abrogation). (various references) | |
Indonesian | abolisi, penghapusan (abolishment, abrogation, cancel, erasion, erasure, purging), pengenyahan (expulsion, fleeing), pembatalan (annulment, cancellation, defeasance, nullification, postponement). (various references) | |
Italian | abolizione (abatement, abolishment, abrogation, rescindment, suppression), abrogazione (abolishment, abrogation, annulment, cancellation, repeal, rescission). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 廃止 (repeal). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | はいぜつ (extinction), はいし (embryo, repeal), てっぱい (from start to finish, thoroughly, through and through). (various references) | |
Korean | 폐지. (various references) | |
Malay | pembatalan (abolishment, abrogation). (various references) | |
Manx | scryssey magh (abolishment, amortize, attrition, blot out, blur, blur as vision, delete, deletion, efface, erase, erasure, obliterate, obliteration, scratch out, scrub, shatter, strike off, wear off), dolley magh (abrogate, abrogation, block out, cancel, cancellation, delete, erase, obliteration), astyrt (abolish, dig out, eradicate, eradication). (various references) | |
Papiamen | anulashon (abolishment, abrogation), abolishon (abolishment, abrogation). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | abolitionay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | abolição (abolishing, abolishment, abrogation, annulment, rescission, suppression). (various references) | |
Romanian | abolire (abolishment, disestablishment), desfiinţare (abrogation, disbandment, disestablishment, dissolution, liquidation, suppression). (various references) | |
Russian | уничтожение (annihilation, annulment, demolition, destruction, eradication, extermination, nullification, obliteration, ravage, spoliation, undoing). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | abolicija. (various references) | |
Spanish | abolición (abatement, abolishing, abolishment, abrogation). (various references) | |
Swedish | avskaffande (abolishment, abrogation, annulment, repeal). (various references) | |
Turkish | yürürlükten kaldırma (abatement, abrogation, desuetude, repeal, rescission, reversal, revocation), yürürlükten kaldırılma, kaldırma (defeasance, elevation, heave, heaving, hoist, lift, lifting, pickup, raising, superelevation, uptake), kaldırılma (cancellation, heaving), iptal (abatement, abrogation, annihilation, annulment, avoidance, cancel, cancellation, cancelling, cassation, defeasance, defeat, dissolution, invalidation, nullification, nullity, recall, repeal, rescission, reversal, revocation, termination, void, withdrawal), fesih (annulment, cancel, cancellation, cassation, defeasance, denouncement, dissolution, invalidation, repeal, rescission), feshetme (abolishing, dissolubility, dissolution, extinction, recall). (various references) | |
Turkmen | яatyrlma. (various references) | |
Ukranian | усунення (abolishment, amendment, amputation, dethronement, disposal, elimination, obviation, preclusion, removal, withdrawal), скасування (abolishment, abrogation, annihilation, cancel, cancellation, defeasance, demolition, nullification, repeal, withdrawal), відміна (abolishment, abrogation, annihilation, annulment, avoidance, defeasance, effacement, rescission, reversal, revocation, washout, withdrawal), знищення (abolishment, annulment, defeasance, demolition, dispersion, extermination, extirpation, holocaust, obliteration, undoing), анулювання (abatement, abrogation, annihilation, annulment, avoidance, cancel, cancellation, defeasance, invalidation, nullification, repeal, rescission, revocation, write off), ліквідація (elimination, liquidation), припинення карного переслідування. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự thủ tiêu (abatement, abolishment, abrogation, annulment, avoidance, defeasance, defeat, disannulment, liquidation, rescission), sự huỷ bỏ (abolishment, abrogation, annulment, cancel, cancellation, disaffirmation, nullification, repeal, rescission, revocation), sự bãi bỏ (abolishment, abrogation, annulment, disannulment). (various references) | |
Welsh | dilead (deletion). (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | abolicio, abolitio, abrogatio. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "abolition": abolitionary, abolitionism, abolitionisms, abolitionist, abolitionists, abolitions. (additional references) | |
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"Abolition" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abolarin, abolishen, abolishon, abolitian, aboloition, aboltion, abolution, aborition, abulation, avolition. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "abolition" (pronounced a'buli"shun) |
| 6 | -u l i" sh u n | coalition, demolition. |
| 5 | -l i" sh u n | volition. |
| 4 | -i" sh u n | academician, acquisition, addition, admission, admonition, ambition, ammunition, apparition, attrition, audition, clinician, cognition, commission, competition, composition, condition, contrition, decommission, decomposition, definition, dentition, deposition, dietitian, disposition, edition, electrician, emission, erudition, exhibition, expedition, exposition, extradition, fission, fruition, geriatrician, ignition, imposition, inhibition, inquisition, intermission, intuition, juxtaposition, logician, magician, malnutrition, mathematician, mission, mortician, munition, musician, nutrition, obstetrician, omission, opposition, optician, partition, patrician, pediatrician, permission, petition, physician, politician, position, precondition, predisposition, preignition, premonition, presupposition, prohibition, proposition, recognition, recondition, redefinition, reimposition, remission, rendition, repetition, reposition, requisition, retransmission, rhetorician, sedition, statistician, submission, superstition, supposition, suspicion, tactician, technician, theoretician, titian, tradition, transition, transmission, tuition. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, auction, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, lotion, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstruction, occupation, ocean, operation, oppression, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, passion, pasteurization, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, predestination, prediction, predilection, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, replication, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, suppression, suspension, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, titillation, toleration, traction, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-i-i-l-n-o-o-t" | |
-1 letter: boltonia, libation, lobation, oblation. | |
-3 letters: albino, biotin, bonita, bonito, latino, lotion, obtain, talion, tibial. | |
-4 letters: aboil, aboon, aioli, alibi, aloin, baton, biali, binal, binit, biont, biota, blain, blini, bloat, litai, notal, oboli, taboo, talon, tibia, tolan, tonal. | |
-5 letters: alit, alto, anil, anti, bail, bait, bani, bint, blat, blin, blot, boat, boil, bola, bolo, bolt, boon, boot, bota, ilia, inia, inti, into, iota, lain, lati, lino, lint, lion, loan, lobo, loin, loon, loot, lota, loti, nail, naoi, noil, nolo, nota, obia, obit, obol, olio, onto, tail, tain, tali, toil, tola, tool, toon. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-i-i-l-n-o-o-t" | |
+1 letter: abolitions, bilocation, bloviation, obligation. | |
+2 letters: bilocations, bloviations, obligations. | |
+3 letters: abolitionary, abolitionism, abolitionist, automobiling, embolization, honorability, mobilization, obliteration, obnubilation, strobilation. | |
+4 letters: abolitionisms, abolitionists, biconditional, combinational, combinatorial, conditionable, embolizations, globalization, mobilizations, obliterations, obnubilations, strobilations, symbolization. | |
+5 letters: alloantibodies, biconditionals, bioregionalist, bipolarization, blaxploitation, bowdlerization, demobilization, globalizations, honorabilities, immobilization, postliberation, remobilization, solubilization, symbolizations. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 62 6F 6C 69 74 69 6F 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -... --- .-.. .. - .. --- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100010 01101111 01101100 01101001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A b o l i t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0062 006F 006C 0069 0074 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)356881787586758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Historic 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Speeches | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Derivations 19. Rhymes 20. Anagrams | 21. Orthography 22. Bibliography |
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