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ăbŏlĭtĭo, ōnis, f. [abnuo], an abrogating, annulling, abolishing, abolition (postAug.).

  1. I. In gen.: tributorum, Tac. A. 13, 50; cf.: quadragesimae quinquagesimaeque, id. ib. 13, 51: legis, Suet. Aug. 34: sententiae, Tac. A. 6, 2 fin.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. An amnesty, Suet. Tib. 4; Flor. 4, 7, 3: sub pacto abolitionis, Quint. 9, 2, 97.
    2. B. In the Dig., the withdrawal of an accusation or suit, suspension: abolitio publica, ex lege, privata, Cod. Th. 9, 37, 3 sq.; Dig. 48, 16 al.; cf. Rein, Criminalrecht. p. 273 sq.