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    to abolish

    Do you, English speaking people, associate the words "abolish" or "abolition" only with slavery in US? Can I use it with Russian serfdom? And is it appropriate to call "Декабристы" the first Russian abolitionists?
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    I don't particularly associate it with anything. You can 'abolish' whatever you like, that is, if it's an existing institution, law, custom etc.
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    Re: to abolish

    Quote Originally Posted by chubby
    Do you, English speaking people, associate the words "abolish" or "abolition" only with slavery in US? Can I use it with Russian serfdom? And is it appropriate to call "Декабристы" the first Russian abolitionists?
    I know one American who says "abolish public schools". You can abolish just about everything. The concise Oxford dictionary of current English says:

    abolish v.tr. put an end to the existence or practice of (esp. a custom
    or institution).
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    Well, isn't that something? I gave almost exactly the same definition without a dictionary.

    About the dekabrists, I don't think you should call them that without explaining what they wanted to abolish. And I'm sure there had been a lot of other revolutionaries (which is essentially what they were) before them.
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