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abolisjon

Pronunciation: /abʊlɪˈʃuːn/

“abolisjon” is a Norwegian Bokmål word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. exemption from punishment

Etymology

From Latin abolitiō (“abolishing, abolition”), from aboleō (“to 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 (“to grow”), from Proto-Italic *oleō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂oléye-, from *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”). Cognate with English abolition,…

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