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Wrecking vs Abolition - What's the difference?

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Wrecking is a related term of abolition.


As nouns the difference between wrecking and abolition

is that wrecking is the act by which something is wrecked while abolition is the act of abolishing]], or the state of being abolished; an [[annul|annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition'' of slavery or the slave trade; the ''abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc .

As a verb wrecking

is .

wrecking

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is wrecked.
  • * 1850 , The Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal (volume 91, page 93)
  • The propriety of the dissolution, too, was speedily seen in the improved state of the public peace: for twelve years we hear little of Orange riots, and nothing of such burnings and wreckings as those of Maghera, Maghery, and Annahagh.
  • The taking of valuables from a shipwreck close to the shore.
  • abolition

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of abolishing]], or the state of being abolished; an [[annul, annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition'' of slavery or the slave trade; the ''abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc.
  • (historical, often capitalised, UK, US) The ending of the slave trade or of slavery.
  • (historical, often capitalised, Australia) The ending of convict transportation.
  • (obsolete) An amnesty; a putting out of memory.
  • Usage notes

    The application of this word to persons is now unusual or obsolete.

    Antonyms

    * (act of abolishing) establishment, foundation

    References

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