abolisjon

From Latin abolitiō (“abolishing, abolition”), from aboleō (“I retard, destroy, abolish”), from both ab- (“away, from, off”), from Latin ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from *oleō (“I grow”), from Proto-Italic *oleō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂oléye-, from *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”).

Cognate with English abolition, French abolition, Italian abolizione, Portuguese abolição and Spanish abolición.

• IPA^(key): /abʊlɪˈʃuːn/

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• Rhymes: -uːn
• Hyphenation: ab‧o‧li‧sjon

abolisjon m (definite singular abolisjonen, indefinite plural abolisjoner, definite plural abolisjonene)

1. (law, rare) exemption from punishment

   Synonym: påtaleunnlatelse

   • 1990 July 30, NTBtekst:

     han krever nå at regjeringen bruker såkalt abolisjon i saken, det vil si at det videre arbeidet med den innstilles og at de tiltalte blir gitt straffefrihet

     he now demands that the government use so-called abolition in the case, ie that further work on it is suspended and that the accused be given impunity

• abolisjonisme (“abolitionism”)
• abolisjonist (“abolitionist”)

• abolere (“abolish”)

• “abolisjon” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “abolisjon” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “abolisjon” in Store norske leksikon