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Abolition is the act of formally repealing an existing legal practice, either by making it illegal, or simply no longer allowing it to exist in any form.

Notable things which have been abolished include:

• Slavery - see Abolitionism
• The Soviet Union
• Alcohol - see Prohibition
• Numerous monarchies

Issue which are topics of debate over their possible abolition include:

• Suffering - see also: Abolitionism (bioethics)
• The death penalty
• Deportations
• Ageing
• Imprisonment
• Speciesism
• Abortion
• Firearms ownership and the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution
• Religion
• Age of Consent
• Nationalism
• Government
• The legal status of animals as property - see Abolitionism (animal rights)

A common and usually uncontroversial abolition is that of electoral districts during redistricting.

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