The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word ABOLITION
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More clues leading to the result ABOLITION
- Origins of anti-slavery bill will, if not initially, lead to this
- There’s no alibi to put out for the cancellation
- End of the act?
- There’s no alibi to put out for cancellation
- A blessing, including “enlightened” one in emancipation
- End gift after a literary one gets in
- A bachelor choosing to hide face in ban
- One overthrow, one bats on — it is what John Brown wanted
- Banning crude oil in boat
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What does ABOLITION mean?
ABOLITION noun- The act of abolishing; an annulling; abrogation
- The state of being abolished
- (often capitalised) The ending of the slave trade or of slavery.
- (often capitalised) The ending of convict transportation.
- An amnesty; a putting out of memory.